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Paul Pope Talks Ghost in the Shell Supporting CBLDF!
Paul Pope (THB, Batman: Year 100) started at Kodansha comics in 1995. During his five years working for Japan’s largest publishing company a lot of the things he created didn’t make it to the shelves, but because of the caliber…
Get $800+ of Kodansha Manga and Support CBLDF! LAST WEEK!
Kodansha Comics x Humble Books Bundle: Manga to Anime Discover the origins of your favorite anime and live action features with this massive manga Humble Bundle that benefits CBLDF! Instantly download over $800 worth of the groundbreaking Kodansha manga that…
CBLDF’s Manga Member Drive – Get Original Art, Signed Manga & More!
While supplies last, CBLDF is proud to reward new members with signed books by legendary manga creators Yoshitaka Amano, Toshio Maeda, Yusei Matsui, Yuto Tsukuda, and Akira Himekawa, plus original art from Girls und Panzer by Takeshi Nogami! Help CBLDF’s work promoting the free expression rights…
Editorial Cartoonist, Rob Rogers, Pulled From Pittsburgh Paper
Award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rob Rogers, had a full week’s worth of cartoons killed by his superiors, an unprecedented editorial move that prompted public backlash in support of the cartoonist. Rogers has subsequently decided to take a vacation…
Love Is Love: Activism and Community in LGBTQIA Comics
Editor’s note: This interview first appeared summer of 2017 in CBLDF Defender Vol. 2, Issue 2. As we approach the second year anniversary of the horrific shooting at Pulse nightclub, this is a look back at the queer comics community responding…
Brian K. Vaughan Supports CBLDF! Get Signed Cloak & Dagger, Runaways, Saga, & Many More Great GNs!
This week CBLDF is featuring a slew of fantastic graphic novels, all signed by acclaimed author Brian K. Vaughan! CBLDF donors can get ready for tonight’s premiere of Cloak and Dagger with a signed copy of Cloak & Dagger: Runaways & Reversals; or kill…
Kodansha Comics offers Huge Manga Humble Bundle to Benefit CBLDF
Humble Manga Bundle x Kodansha Comics: Manga to Anime Kodansha Comics has joined with Humble Bundle to bring readers a huge cache of legendary science-fiction and fantasy manga that benefits Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! 80 digital volumes of the…
CBLDF and Kids Right to Read Project Defend Fun Home
After the recent attack on Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic in New Jersey, CBLDF and the Kids Right to Read Project drafted a letter of support to encourage the Superintendent of Watchung Hills Regional High…
“Farewell to a Friend”: Paul Levitz on MAD Magazine’s Nick Meglin
Word is spreading of the sudden passing of Nick Meglin, an insufficiently celebrated but extraordinarily important influence on American culture and cartooning. Nick is close to the last survivor of the offices of E.C. Comics (hang in there, Marie and…