Jaime Hernandez Launches CBLDF’s 2013 Membership Program!

Legendary cartoonist Jaime Hernandez rings in 2013 for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund by providing the art for this year's membership program!

Defending Manga: The Ryan Matheson Story

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to release Defending Manga: The Ryan Matheson Story, a short documentary video recounting the young American citzen’s fight for justice after being wrongfully accused of criminal activity because of fantasy and humor manga on his laptop computer.  Th ...

CBLDF To Honor Geoff Johns’ Iconic Green Lantern Run With ‘Greenest Night’ Event on May 24 In Hollywood!

On Friday, May 24, come celebrate the creativity of Geoff Johns at Greenest Night: A Celebration of Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern benefiting Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!  Join Johns’ at the Avalon Bardot Theater in Hollywood, CA for an intimate look back on...

CBLDF Rises To Defense of Persepolis

Earlier today, educators, students, free speech advocates, and fans of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis were thrown into turmoil with reports that the book had been banned from Chicago’s Lane Tech College Prep. In response to the reports, CBLDF joined the Kids’ Right to Read Project and t ...

CBLDF Protects The First Amendment!

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. Our work takes us into courtrooms, classrooms, conventions and libraries all over the United States where we provide legal aid, education, and advocacy to protect th ...

Larry Marder’s CBLDF Liberty Cards Diary #2

May 19, 2011
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Larry Marder’s CBLDF Liberty Cards Diary #2

Hello again! As promised, we’re taking a sneak peek at more of the one-of-a-kind artist sketch cards that will be randomly inserted in packs of CBLDF LIBERTY TRADING CARDS. Today’s cards all feature artists’ individual interpretation of Matt Wagner’s GRENDEL.

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The Comics Reporter Details First Manga Restricted by Japan’s Revised Youth Healthy Development Ordinance

May 18, 2011
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The Comics Reporter Details First Manga Restricted by Japan’s Revised Youth Healthy Development Ordinance

Tokyo recently revised the controversial Youth Healthy Development Ordinance, expanding the number of manga that are listed as harmful publications that should be restricted from sale to anyone under age 18. The Comics Reporter has the details here.

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Comics Alliance: Why Comics Get Confiscated & How to Protect Yours

May 18, 2011
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Comics Alliance: Why Comics Get Confiscated & How to Protect Yours

Laura Hudson at Comics Alliance dug into the recent seizures of comics at the Canadian Border, speaking to CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein and Tom Neely about the incidents, and sorting through "Canadian customs documentation to get the details on how this happened, the measures you can take to protect yourself and your comics when…

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CBLDF Auctions Massive Molly Crabapple Original

May 17, 2011
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CBLDF Auctions Massive Molly Crabapple Original

Bid Now! The auction for this artistic tour de force is live now. Bids can be placed online here. Press Release (and more photos!) available below the cut ...

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Larry Marder’s CBLDF Liberty Cards Diary #1

May 17, 2011
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Larry Marder’s CBLDF Liberty Cards Diary #1

CBLDF President Larry Marder takes you behind the scenes of the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards with this first hand diary of his experiences putting the set together! Today he shows off how the set's sketch cards came to be, and takes you with him as he visits Rob Liefeld & Scott McCloud to get them…

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How to Keep Customs From Seizing Your Comics

May 16, 2011
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How to Keep Customs From Seizing Your Comics

The crew over at Gamma Squad took a moment to touch base with CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein about the latest comic book seizures by Canada Customs and to outline some tips for protecting yourself when crossing the border. Brownstein talks about why books are seized: “It’s always hard to say why customs agents seize…

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CBLDF President Larry Marder on CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards

May 12, 2011
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CBLDF President Larry Marder on CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards

I’m Larry Marder, creator of Beanworld and President of the Board for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and I’m here today to talk about the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards. So what are these cards? Let me tell you! Ripped from the lurid headlines of yesteryear, the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards relate the history --…

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Tom Neely & Dylan Williams Speak Out On Their Customs Seizure Experience

May 12, 2011
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Tom Neely & Dylan Williams Speak Out On Their Customs Seizure Experience

Last weekend artist Tom Neely and publisher Dylan Williams were stopped and searched by Canada Customs on their way to the Toronto Comics Art Festival. Customs officers seized copies of two items they were bringing to the festival, Black Eye, an anthology of comics Neely contributed to, and Young Lions, a graphic novel by Blaise…

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The Good Fighters: Jeffrey Brown

May 11, 2011
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The Good Fighters: Jeffrey Brown

Jeffrey Brown finds truth in the personal and intimate details that dominate our lives. Even his most autobiographical work is relatable, adeptly capturing the unease we all occasionally feel as we go about life. Brown's first book, Clumsy, defined his ability to articulate the bittersweetness and awkwardness that follows most people around, an ability that…

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CBLDF Looking for a Law Student Intern

May 11, 2011
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CBLDF Looking for a Law Student Intern

Attention current law students! Are you looking for a way to support CBLDF and build your resume at the same time? Here's your chance: CBLDF is looking for a law student summer intern! The CBLDF law student summer intern will research, draft, and coordinate publication of short articles in bar journals directed at criminal law…

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CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards Are Coming This Summer!

May 10, 2011
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CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards Are Coming This Summer!

Available For Preorder Now! This summer CBLDF and Cryptozoic Entertainment are teaming up to bring you the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards, a 72 card set telling the story of comics censorship, with a ton of great sketch and autograph chase cards by the greatest talent in the comics industry! This month the CBLDF will be…

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CBLDF Auctions Neil the Pencil-Necked Weasel

May 10, 2011
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CBLDF Auctions Neil the Pencil-Necked Weasel

Legislatures across the country are cutting budgets, and often one of the first targets of these cost-cutting measures is arts programs. A politician in Minnesota recently made these attacks personal, targeting CBLDF Board Member, Newbery Medal winner, and best selling and critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, calling him a "pencil-necked little weasel who stole $45,000…

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Canada Customs Seizes Black Eye & Young Lions

May 9, 2011
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Last weekend cartoonists crossed the border for TCAF, the Toronto Comics Art Festival, where several were greeted with intrusive customs searches that led to the seizure of at least two comics titles -- Black Eye, an anthology, and Young Lions, a graphic novel by Blaise Larmee. Tom Neely, a contributor to Black Eye was the…

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TCJ: Black Eye Anthology Confiscated at US/Canada Border

May 6, 2011
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The Comics Journal reports that copies of the anthology Black Eye were confiscated from artist Tom Neely when he was entering Canada for this weekend's TCAF festival. According to Neely: “… They took ‘em. I tried to get them to just ship them back to me at home, but they said they were required to…

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The Good Fighters: Darick Robertson

May 6, 2011
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The Good Fighters: Darick Robertson

Darick Robertson is the kind of guy you'd like to share a beer with -- he's always ready for a laugh with friends and fans alike. He's also the sort to foment revolution over that beer, with a wicked twinkle in his eye. The co-creator of the critically acclaimed series Transmetropolitan with writer Warren Ellis…

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