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New Luchadore-Inspired BPAL Scents Now Available Online!

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CBLDF, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and J. Gonzo scored a K.O. with their epic tag team debut of LA MANO DEL DESTINO and EL NUEVO PURITANO during Comic-Con International. If you missed us at Comic-Con, you can still jump in the ring: These CBLDF-exclusive scents are now available online!

About the fragrances:

LA MANO DEL DESTINO

Powerful Sumatran patchouli and enigmatic Brazilian copaiba with pao d’arco, cacao absolute, bourbon vanilla, Ceylon cinnamon, and tobacco

EL NUEVO PURITANO

The wicked wrath of moral panic: unmoving, rigid oak, dry leather, tonka, gunpowder tea, and pious olibanum with a core of perverse and furtive vanilla bean, bay leaf, clove bud, and lime.

You can purchase each fragrance individually, here and here, or you can get them as a set. The set includes a gorgeous, limited-edition full-color print from J. Gonzo, inspired by his new 6-issue comic series La Mano del Destino. Help take censorship to the mat by picking up these CBLDF exclusive scents and print today!


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Take a Look at Cryptozoic’s CBLDF Liberty Cards Gallery

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Thanks to Crytptozoic Entertainment, we will soon see the release of the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards!

Dozens of creators have contributed bonus cards, including autograph cards and sketch cards, to the series! Cryptozoic has been keeping a running tally of the creators who’ve lent their talents, and you can find the latest updates here.

Support CBLDF’s defense of free speech by making a donation or becoming a member today!

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Listen to CBLDF: 25 Years of Protecting Creativity Panel from SDCC

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Bleeding Cool has posted audio and video for several panels from Comic-Con International. Among them is a recording of CBLDF: 25 Years of Protecting Creativity, which took place on Saturday, July 23, from 3:00 – 4:00 pm in Room 9. The panel description:

When the CBLDF was established in 1986 it was to defend a retailer who faced jail time for selling mature comics to an adult reader, because the common belief was that comics were for kids. Today, comics are a widely respected literary form, and they got there in part thanks to the Fund’s 25 years of protecting the industry’s creativity in court. Come learn how the CBLDF has stood up for comics in this informative presentation of their history, and look ahead towards the issues facing readers today.

Moderated by CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein, the panel offered a comprehensive history of comic book censorship and CBLDF’s work to prevent it. You can listen to the entire panel here.

Support CBLDF’s defense of free speech by making a donation or becoming a member today!

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Defending the Art: CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein Talks to Graphic Novel Reporter

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John Hogan with Graphic Novel Reporter recently took time to speak to CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein about CBLDF and how it’s mission has evolved over the last 25 years.

In addition to getting the latest details on CBLDF’s Canada Customs Case, Hogan asked about the specific challenges comics face. Brownstein succinctly described how the focus of CBLDF’s efforts has changed from protecting small retailers to protecting collectors themselves:

The challenges are always changing. When the CBLDF started, our work was most urgently needed to protect small comic book stores from prosecutions by local authorities because of mature readers comics they sold to adults. In the ’90s, our work shifted to help artists who were being prosecuted by authorities. In the late ’90s and early 2000s, the pendulum shifted back to helping retailers, and at the same time fighting against laws that targeted the internet and that would have made it impossible for retailers to display “harmful to minors” material—work protected for adults, but nebulously illegal for minors because of nudity and sexual content. Now we are seeing an increasing surge of prosecutorial efforts directed at readers for the comics they own and on their digital devices.

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CBLDF at SDCC: The Roundup

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Comic-Con has come and gone, and with it, another exciting week of events with CBLDF!

From the debut of new t-shirts and new Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab fragrances to CBLDF Master Sessions with some of the biggest names in the industry to our annual benefit auction, the Fund had a great week at Booth 1920, talking to supporters old and new and getting the word out about our Canada Customs Case, thanks in large part to Bonfire Agency and their new consumer ad campaign.

Read on for more photos and coverage of CBLDF’s trip to Comic-Con!

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Bill Willingham Auctions DOWN THE MYSTERLY RIVER to Benefit CBLDF

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Bill Willingham is the writer of the ever-popular and award-winning series Fables. He has also authored prose spin-offs of the series, including Down the Mysterly River, which will be in stores in mid-September.

To support CBLDF, WIllingham has donated an advance reading copy of the book, which you can bid on now!

During Comic-Con, Willingham took a moment to talk to CBLDF about the donation:

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SDCC: Latest Donations for CBLDF’s Benefit Auction

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The CBLDF Benefit Auction, sponsored by TFAW, gets started at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilton Bayfront in the Sapphire Ballroom. You can see a most of the artwork in the slideshow below, but we’ve also added some great pieces onsite!

The gallery that follows features the latest additions, and you can find the bidding rules and a list of items in the auction after the jump. Visit CBLDF booth 1920 throughout the day to get your bidder number!

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SDCC: First Look at CBLDF Booth 1920!

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Lines have formed and costumes have been dusted off — it’s almost time for Comic-Con!

CBLDF is on the scene and ready to go at booth 1920 with an amazing assortment of new items. Here’s your first peak at the booth! Don’t miss our new shirts from John Cassaday and Matt Wagner! We have new colors of our popular “I Read Banned Comics” shirt, including ladies’ sizes! Don’t miss the new luchador-themed scents from BPAL, which come with an inspired print from J.Gonzo! Finally, don’t miss our selection of signed premiums for kids — from Babymouse to Bone, we have a whole table of books for younger fans!

Click through for a sneak peek at the CBLDF booth. Come find us at Comic-Con, booth 1920!

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Cosmic Comics Hosts Captain America Giveaway CBLDF Bake Sale on Saturday!

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This Saturday Las Vegas fans can celebrate the arrival of Captain America in theaters and support the CBLDF thanks to Cosmic Comics! Cosmic Comics will be having a Captain America: the First Avenger giveaway and fundraiser for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) on Saturday, July 23, 2011 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. Click thru for full details.

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SDCC Premiere: All New John Cassaday & Matt Wagner T-Shirts from Graphitti Designs!

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Graphitti Designs, the master purveyors of pop-culture apparel are supporting the Fund with the launch of two brand-new CBLDF benefit tees!

First up is John Cassaday, whose Uncle Sam design makes a powerful statement about the fight to defend Free Speech! Then Matt Wagner delivers an incredible new image of Grendel leaping into action!

Graphitti Designs is the standard bearer for high quality comics and pop culture t-shirts, and the CBLDF is thrilled to be join forces with them to deliver our supporters these amazing new shirts!

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