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Case Files

CBLDF Case Files

These case files tell the true stories of the retailers, publishers, creators, and collectors that CBLDF has defended since its founding in 1986.

R. v. Matheson

Brown v. EMA

U.S. v. Christopher Handley

Georgia v. Gordon Lee

Richie Bush – Top Shelf Productions v. U.S. Customs

Kraft Foods v. Stuart Helm

Texas v. Jesus Castillo

Starbucks v. Kieron Dwyer

Oklahoma v. Planet Comics

California BOE v. Paul Mavrides

Winter Bros. v. DC Comics

Florida v. Mike Diana

Friendly Frank’s – Illinois v. Correa

Obscenity Case Files

These case files cover the key obscenity cases that influence CBLDF’s work in defense of comics.

People of New York v. Kirkpatrick (Zap Comix #4)

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words)

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses”

Jacobellis v. Ohio (“I know it when I see it”)

Pope v. Illinois

Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson (The Miracle Decision)

People v. Bruce (The Lenny Bruce Trial)

Noteworthy Cases

These pages take a look at some of the noteworthy legal cases that have impacted free speech.

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Complete Graveyard Book HC, signed by Neil Gaiman!

Vendor: Harper Collins
Type: Graphic Novels
Price: 60.00

In response to clamorous fan requests, the two volumes of the graphic novel adaptation of The Graveyard Book are now bound into one stunning edition. Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except h...

Author: CBLDF - Rewards Zone
Posted: May 6, 2021, 7:36 pm
Sandman: Overture HC, signed by Neil Gaiman!

Vendor: DC Vertigo
Type: Graphic Novels
Price: 40.00

(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) J. H. Williams
Twenty-five years after THE SANDMAN first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back in a deluxe hardcover edition! ...
Author: CBLDF - Rewards Zone
Posted: May 6, 2021, 7:36 pm
Umbrella Academy Library Edition Vol 2 HC, Signed & Sketched by Gabriel Bá!

Vendor: Dark Horse
Type: Graphic Novels
Price: 50.00

(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Ba

The Umbrella Academy is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. Trouble is-each of them ...
Author: CBLDF - Rewards Zone
Posted: May 6, 2021, 7:34 pm
Umbrella Academy Library Edition Vol 1 HC, Signed & Sketched by Gabriel Bá!

Vendor: Dark Horse
Type: Graphic Novels
Price: 50.00

(W) Gerard Way (A) Gabriel Bá

In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire ...
Author: CBLDF - Rewards Zone
Posted: May 6, 2021, 7:34 pm
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For HC, Signed and Sketched by Alison Bechdel!

Vendor: Houghton Mifflin
Type: Graphic Novels
Price: 75.00

(W/A/CA) Alison Bechdel
For twenty-five years Bechdel's path-breaking Dykes to Watch Out For strip has been collected in award-winning volumes, syndicated in fifty alternative newspap...
Author: CBLDF - Rewards Zone
Posted: October 8, 2020, 6:36 pm
On a Sunbeam GN, Signed by Tillie Walden

Vendor: First Second
Type: Graphic Novels
Price: 30.00

An epic graphic novel about a girl who travels to the ends of the universe to find a long lost love, from acclaimed author Tillie Walden. Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebu...

Author: CBLDF - Rewards Zone
Posted: August 27, 2020, 8:04 pm

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