From the press release: Pop culture marketing firm, Bonfire Agency LLC, today debuted consumer advertising to aid the efforts of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the organization’s support of the legal defense of an American citizen facing criminal charges in Canada for bringing comics into the country on his laptop. This incident is [...]
Want a chance to have dinner with Eric Powell, Mat Wagner, and Carla Speed McNeil? Also want a free sketch from each artist? Well, if you are heading to Portland for Stumptown Comic Fest, you might be in with a chance. The CBLDF has just launched several eBay auctions to allow a few select fans [...]
For the last two months , I have been charting the success of the Kickstarter Project that was raising funds to publish the Transmetropolitan Art Book. A couple of weeks ago, I was pleased to announce that the project had hit it’s $26,000 goal early, but that donations were still being accepted until February 14th. [...]
If you cast your mind back, you may remember that I had previously reported on two comics related projects, which were being funded via the Kickstarter website. These projects were the Transmetropolitan Charity Art Book (see here), and Tony Harris’ Roundeye: For Love (see here). Briefly, the deal with Kickstarter is, that people are able [...]
You may well have heard that there is currently a Kickstarter project running, which has the aim of raising funds to publish the Transmetropolitan Art Book. This new art book will be a hardcover volume, limited to a few thousand hand-numbered copies, and the proceeds of sales of the books will be donated to the [...]
From the press release: Come support Free Expression, the 2010 LIBERTY ANNUAL, and mingle with the greatest talents in comics, at the CBLDF’s NYCC Welcome Party, presented by Image Comics & The Beat this Thursday at The Village Pourhouse Restaurant Row! We’ll have special gifts, copies of the Liberty Annual and special open bar bracelets! [...]
From the press release: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Oregon Censorship Law! CBLDF & Dark Horse Cheer Free Speech Victory! The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Dark Horse Comics applaud a decision issued by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit holding that two Oregon statutes that criminalize distributing sex education and other [...]
From the press release: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Schwarzenegger v. EMA, urging the Supreme Court to affirm the Ninth Circuit’s decision that a California law banning the sale or rental of any video game containing violent content to minors, and requiring manufacturers to label such games, is unconstitutional. [...]
From the press release: CBLDF’S LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 EXPLODES IN OCTOBER! Image Comics annual anthology benefiting the CBLDF sports new name and covers Berkeley, CA - 10 September 2021 - Image Comics and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are proud to launch the most exciting edition of their annual benefit anthology yet! THE CBLDF [...]
From the press release: GIVE ME FREEDOM OF SPEECH Image Comics to release LIBERTY COMICS 2010 in October, benefiting the CBLDF Berkeley, CA - 15 July 2021 - What do Frank Miller, Jeff Smith, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and Image Comics have in common? They all support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which protects [...]
