The CBLDF wouldn’t be possible without the contributions of money, time, energy, and talent from a wide range of people who care about comics, and we’re thankful to all of you. CBLDF’s Executive Director Charles Brownstein wrote this personal message of thanks for all of your support. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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CBLDF is committed to supporting the comics community. Fill out our form to request assistance or report censorship today!
Last Day to Bid in MTV GEEK Original Art Auction!
Thanksgiving is nigh, as is the end of the MTV Geek Original Art Auction! With pieces by Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time), Brad Neely (China, IL), Richard Starkings (Elephantmen), Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse), Steve Ellis (High Moon), and more, you can’t afford this chance to own artwork by some of the best established and up-and-coming artists in comics! All proceeds benefit CBLDF’s important First Amendment work. View the artwork and place your bids here!
Image Comics Expo Celebrates Creator-Owned Comics While Supporting CBLDF
Next February, you’ll have a chance to mingle with the partners and creators of Image Comics and lend your support to CBLDF at the same time! In celebration of 20 years of Image Comics, Image Expo will take place February 24-26, 2012. In addition to an all-star line up of guests — Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, Rob Liefeld, and Whilce Portacio to name a few — Image Expo will feature a number special events to benefit CBLDF, including a mammoth benefit auction!
Keep reading for more details in the official press release.
The Spirit of Giving – Get The Best Holiday Gifts When You Support CBLDF!
Celebrate The Spirit of Giving this holiday season by getting once-in-a-lifetime presents for the fans in your life in support of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! When you do, The Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation will make a contribution to the CBLDF for every donation and membership placed during this campaign!
CBLDF is offering the best presents in comics, including graphic novels personalized to the fan in your life by icons including Neil Gaiman, Art Spiegelman, Frank Miller, Dan Clowes, Robert Kirkman, Dave Gibbons, and many more. Plus you’ll get an exclusive Will Eisner gift card that tells them your gift helped do good for comics!
When you support the CBLDF’s Spirit of Giving drive between now and December 16, the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation will make a contribution of $1 for every donation and gift order placed on the CBLDF’s website. In addition, they will contribute $5 for each new, renewing or gift membership made from now until December 31!
Be a hero this holiday by giving the most unique gifts that make a real difference when you support the CBLDF with the Spirit of Giving!
The Good Fighters: Gib Bickel
Gib Bickel represents a special class of CBLDF volunteer: the volunteer that takes the initiative to represent the Fund at one of the many conventions that CBLDF staffers cannot attend. Bickel and volunteers Patrick Watson and Brett Montgomery recently ran a table at Mid-Ohio Comic Con to raise money for CBLDF and boost awareness of CBLDF’s important First Amendment work.
As one of the founders of Laughing Ogre Comics in Columbus, Ohio, Bickel’s enthusiasm for comic books is boundless. He carries this enthusiasm into the community, lending support to Sequential SmArt, a conference that will bring together comics creators, academic scholars, and educators who use comic books in their classrooms. This espousal of comics is also reflected in Bickel’s support of CBLDF, which he has always made a priority, as you will see in this edition of The Good Fighters. Keep reading…
Susie Cagle One of the Contributors to Cartoon Movement’s Occupy Sketchbook
From assembly to free speech, the Occupy Movement has become one of the most all-embracing and polarizing exercises of First Amendment rights that our country has seen. Cartoonists have been among the many voices chiming in and being arrested for participating in Occupy protests across the nation. Cartoon Movement has compiled a sketchbook of images, including images from journalist and cartoonist Susie Cagle, who was arrested at Occupy Oakland. Sharon Rosenzweig and Shannon Wheeler also contributed to the sketchbook, which Cartoon Movement plans to update weekly. You can view the Occupy Sketchbook here.
Please help support CBLDF’s important First Amendment work by bidding on original artwork, making a donation, or becoming a member of the CBLDF!