Kinokuniya Books NYC Celebrates Banned Books Week With CBLDF Member Drive This Saturday!

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This Saturday, celebrate Banned Books Week at Kinokuniya Bookstore (across from Bryant Park) where they’re hosting a membership drive for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!  Every year manga is banned and challenged all over the world.  CBLDF is the organization that fights back against censorship.
Join the CBLDF this Saturday at Kinokuniya to help them advance their important work.  The Fund will have incredible thank you gifts for individuals signing up for membership.  Gifts and prizes include manga from Kodansha and Dark Horse.  For donors joining at higher levels CBLDF will also have thank yous that include prestigious items such as including the extremely rare Tezuka & Ishinomori: Power of Manga catalog imported from Tokyo;  autographed manga from the creators of Dance in the Vampire Bund & Black Lagoon, as well as a chance to win manga autographed by Go Nagai, Johji Manabe, Eiji Otsuka/Housui Yamazaki, and Shirow Masamune!

Support your freedom to read manga by joining CBLDF at Kinokuniya this Saturday!  Festivities start at 12PM and run until 4:00!