Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), a non-profit organization protecting the freedom to read comics, is pleased to announce that Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, has added its support to the organization and its mission!…
Category: Press Releases
Celebrate the Freedom to Read With CBLDF’s New Banned Books Week Handbook!
Today, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to release its first-ever Banned Books Week Handbook! Boasting a cover by Jeff Smith, whose Bone series is one of America’s most frequently challenged books, the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook is a…
Emma Rios, Frank Quitely & More Team Up with TFAW to Donate to the CBLDF SDCC Auction
Since 2009, Things From Another World (TFAW) has proudly teamed up with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) to solicit donations of original art for their annual auction at San Diego Comic-Con, helping to raise more than $100,000 to…
Banned Books Week 2014 Celebrates Graphic Novels
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), with the national Banned Books Week planning committee, today announced that this year’s celebration of the freedom to read will emphasize a thematic focus on comics and graphic novels. This year’s Banned Books…
DCBS and TFAW Debut Exclusive Big Trouble in Little China Variants to Benefit CBLDF
Things From Another World (TFAW) and Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS) are proud to announce their first joint variant: two exclusive editions of BOOM! Studios’ Big Trouble in Little China #1, with an incredible interlocking cover by Gabriel Hardman (Deep Gravity, Planet of the Apes)! These collectible variants debut…
The Doctor Is In! Humble Bundle Launches The Humble Doctor Who Comics Bundle With Award-Winning Publisher IDW
Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want plus charity digital platform, and award-winning publisher IDW Publishing have teamed up to launch the Humble Doctor Who Comics Bundle today. Customers can pay what they want for up to 14 digital collections of Doctor Who…
Half Price Books Joins Comic Book Legal Defense Fund as Newest Corporate Member!
Half Price Books, the nation’s largest family-owned new and used bookstore chain, has joined the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) as its newest corporate member. Half Price Books has long been an advocate of the freedom to read and…
ReedPOP Protects the Freedom of Fandom as CBLDF’s Newest Corporate Member!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is pleased to announce that ReedPOP, the people who bring you pop culture’s greatest fan conventions including, New York Comic Con (NYCC), C2E2, PAX, and Star Wars Celebration, among others, is joining CBLDF…
CBLDF Presents: Liberty: Comics’ Greatest Creators Unite to Protect the Freedom to Read!
Celebrate creative freedom with the comic book industry’s top talents in LIBERTY, an anthology benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! This deluxe hardcover edition published by Image Comics collects LIBERTY ANNUAL 2008-2012, additional material not seen anywhere else, and…
BOOM! Studios Welcomes 2014 as CBLDF’s Newest Corporate Member!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) announced today that BOOM! Studios has joined the organization as their newest corporate member! BOOM! Studios Founder & Chief Executive Officer Ross Richie says, “The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a vital…