Category: Community

See CBLDF in Seattle This Weekend!

This coming weekend, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is exited to be exhibiting at one of our favorite shows of the year, EMERALD CITY COMIC CON is Seattle, Washington! Terrific things are happening at the CBLDF booth, #2518, and…

CBLDF Showcases Creators at Emerald City Comic Con

This coming weekend, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is exited to be exhibiting at one of our favorite shows of the year, EMERALD CITY COMIC CON is Seattle, Washington! Terrific things are happening at the CBLDF booth, #2518, and…

Will Eisner Week Celebrates Graphic Novels, Free Speech

Each year, the week of March 6 brings us Will Eisner Week, “an annual celebration promoting graphic novels, literacy, free speech awareness, and the legacy of Will Eisner,” the father of the graphic novel. Will Eisner Week kicks off this…

NOWHERE MEN #1 Launches CBLDF LIBERTY VARIANT Program At Wizard World Portland!

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce LIBERTY VARIANT — a new fundraising program bringing special editions of the hottest new comics to reward the organization’s supporters at conventions across the United States. Image Comics is kicking…

ComicsPRO and CBLDF Team-Up for Second Annual Live Auction!

On February 22nd, at 8:30 pm, at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast in Norcross, Georgia, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is excited to present the Second Annual ComicsPRO Live Auction! With a mix of original art, vintage prints, and surprise donations from our publishing partners, this Retailer Auction promises to continue a new tradition of fun, and fundraising!

Join the Team Today! Be a Free Speech Fighter!

Join the CBLDF team in 2013, and show your pride by sporting some members-only apparel! With art by the legendary Jaime Hernandez, the only way to get these awesome shirts is by becoming a CBLDF Member today!

How You Can Report a Library Challenge to ALA

Like CBLDF, the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom is a resource that librarians can call upon for help when facing a book challenge. The OIF maintains a confidential database of information about library challenges, which helps them identify…

Veep’s Violent Media Debate Leading Nowhere

This week, President Obama is expected to issue a list of recommendations for Congress and executive actions that he may take in an attempt to prevent mass shootings similar to the one that happened in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14.…

RIP, Gordon Lee

The CBLDF is sad to note the passing of Gordon Lee, owner of the Rome, GA comic book store Legends.  Lee successfully stood up to false charges of distributing harmful to minors materials in a case that CBLDF managed from…