Category: Fundraising

This weekend the CBLDF will be setting up at Anime Detour in Minneapolis, where we’ll be presenting a talk on manga censorship, as well as setting up a table to distribute literature and accept donations. CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein will represent the Fund, and host the panel, which is set to happen on Saturday morning at 10:30 AM. He’ll be joined by Ryan Matheson, who courageously spoke out for the first time about his legal ordeal in Canada earlier this month after we announced that all criminal charges against him had been dropped. They’ll be joined on the panel by Greg Ayres and Studio OnY.

Please come by the dealers room and say hello. We’ll have a booth set up offering incentives including the “Manga Is Not A Crime” button and a raffle for signed items from Yoshitaka Amano, Camilla d’Errico and more!

Anime Detour starts on Friday, March 30 and runs through Sunday, April 2 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, MN.

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Gone to Amerikay, the new Vertigo original graphic novel by Derek McCulloch and Colleen Doran, will have a book launch party, benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. McCulloch and Doran will both be at Harbor Lights Restaurant in New York City on March 30 from 6 to 8 pm, celebrating the release of their new book and demonstrating their support of the CBLDF’s mission. All are welcome to join the celebration; admission will be free, though donations to the CBLDF are suggested. There will be complimentary hors d’oeurves, and special guests from the comics community will be on hand to inaugurate Gone to Amerikay. Copies of the book will be on sale, courtesy of Midtown Comics.

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Last weekend, nerds in Salt Lake City gathered for a day of comics, costumes, gaming, and music with the 2012 edition of SLC Nerd, an all-day event embracing nerd culture. The folks with Night Flight Comics were on hand to pass out information about CBLDF and to run a silent auction on our behalf!

CBLDF would like to thank Mimi Cruz, Ben Fuller, the folks at Night Flight Comics, and the staff and volunteers of SLC Nerd for their support! Click through to check out photos of the event!

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Brian Wood & Becky Cloonan are thanking CBLDF members by offering this signed, CBLDF exclusive letterpress print featuring work from their run on Conan!

This weekend only, members joining (or rejoining) at the Supporter level, will receive, along with the standard Membership package, this exclusive print, signed by artist Becky Cloonan, and writer Brian Wood, while supplies last. An article about the creation of this beautiful, hand-pressed print can be found here. Quantities are limited, and this thank you offer ends Monday at midnight, or when supplies run out, so join now!

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Last weekend big crowds mobbed the Anaheim Convention Center for WonderCon, the long-running California show that’s become a favorite on the comics convention circuit. This year’s event marked the first time the con was held in Southern California after years as a mainstay of the Bay Area comics culture, but the new market didn’t diminish the crowds or excitement of the show. Attendance was extremely strong throughout the con’s three days. At the end of the weekend, contributions to CBLDF exceeded $12,500, making it our most successful showing at WonderCon in years. CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein, a longtime WonderCon exhibitor, recounts the con and puts it all into perspective after the jump.

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While CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein, founder Denis Kitchen, and board member Paul Levitz are in New York City for a symposium on how the city has influenced comics, nerds in the west will be able to geek out at SLC Nerd, a one-day event taking place March 24 and featuring live music, cosplay, gaming, and more. Amidst the nerdy festivities, Night Flight Comics is sponsoring a silent auction to benefit CBLDF!

SLC Nerd starts at 2:00 p.m. on March 24 in the Rockwell Room of The Complex (536 West 100 South, Salt Lake City, UT). Come out, get your geek on, and bid on original artwork and signed comics to support CBLDF!

More details after the jump!

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This weekend the CBLDF is heading out to WonderCon in Anaheim, California, where we’re offering two exclusive thank yous for new and returning members!

Current members or members who sign up during the show get their choice of the CBLDF exclusive cover of Glory #23, signed by writer Joe Keatinge, or a signed Frank Quitely sketch variant of the 2011 CBLDF Liberty Annual.

During the show, CBLDF will also be running our ever-popular Live Art Jam, featuring Jim Lee, Rebekah Isaacs, and Eric Powell. All art from the jam will be auctioned and we’ll have artists sketching at the booth throughout the weekend, so you have a chance to take some amazing art home with you!

After the jump, CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein takes you through some of the great things the Fund has planned for WonderCon 2012!

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