CBLDF is ready to take on the Big Apple during New York Comic Con with an exclusive variant cover from Dynamite, panels, and signed premiums at booth #2258!
Exclusives
CBLDF has teamed up with Dynamite Entertainment for an exclusive variant of The Shadow / Batman #1 by Steve Orlando and Giovanni Timpano. Robert Hack (cover artist, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) is the artist for this very rare variant of the the new miniseries featuring the World’s Greatest Mystery and the World’s Greatest Detective! Get your copy at CBLDF booth #2258 before they run out!
Panels
Handling Challenges and Bans
October 5 • 1:15 – 2:00 p.m. • New York Public Library (476 5th Ave), Classrooms A&B (first floor)
Comics are uniquely vulnerable to challenges and bans, especially comics for teen audiences. Learn about challenged and banned comics and what you can do if they’re challenged in your school or library. Panelists: Mark Siegel (First Second), Leigh Hurwitz (Brooklyn Public Library), Candice Mack (Los Angeles Pubic Library), David Saylor (Scholastic); moderator: Charles Brownstein (CBLDF)
CBLDF: State of Censorship 2017
October 5 • 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. • Javits Center Room 1B03
Get a global look at comics censorship from CBLDF! See how the new political climate is affecting free speech in the U.S., with increased scrutiny at the border and an abundance of local challenges to comics addressing diversity and equality. Explore how cartoonists are being prosecuted, threatened, and intimidated by authorities around the globe for making art. Moderated by CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein.
Be a #comicdefender at New York Comic Con, October 5 – 8 at the Javits Center! Visit CBLDF booth #2258 for signed premiums, prints, apparel, and more in support of our fight for the right to read, make, and sell comics!