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Come For The Free Comics, Stay For Children's Book Week 2015
No matter your age/grade, readers are also encouraged to go online and vote for their favorite books this year, as well as writers, artists, etc. I've personally reviewed many different children's comics over the past several years for Bleeding Cool, so I know how much fun these books can be, and tip my hat to the[...]
New Digital Comic Bundle To Raise Money For Girls Write Now And CBLDF
The CBLDF raises money to support retailers, publishers, librarians, readers and creators who are dealing with first amendment rights while Girls Write Now has been helping inner city girls find their voice and purpose through mentoring programs and workshops for over fifteen years. StoryBundle will offer a fixed set of Dynamite comic books, graphic novel collections, and[...]
Neil Gaiman Talks About Charlie Hebdo And British Censorship With CBLDF
the interview comes from a podcast that the CBLDF has put up on their website where Neil talks about Charlie Hebdo, British censorship and more… To celebrate today's launch of CBLDF Defender, we've uploaded a bonus episode of the CBLDF Podcast! In this episode, we speak to author and CBLDF Advisory Board Co-Chair (as well as[...]
Work In A Comic Store? Want To Move Into The New York Comic Industry?
Here are the demands, The Development Manager works with CBLDF staff in the development and implementation of CBLDF's fundraising program They report to the Deputy Director with a focus on procurement and marketing of CBLDF fundraising premiums, including but not limited to maintaining the online donation center, online and live auctions, crowd-funding campaigns, and convention booths[...]
Nick Barrucci Makes His Art Collection Available To You
 I look at my collection on a regular basis, as I love to appreciate the form, and I was looking at some of these pages by great artists including Mark Bagley, Patrick Zircher and one of my favorite contemporary art teams – Tom Raney and Scott Hanna, and thought that while I have a great[...]
Michael Cho's CBLDF Membership Art For 2015
This is Michael Cho's artwork for the new CBLDF membership card for 2015 The charity and activist organisation couldn't be any more timely, in the light of the Charlie Hebdo killings and subsequent discussions regarding free speech Which is why its a perfect time to talk about membership of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. "I[...]
Lots Of Things To Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics. Wow.(UPDATE)
Discount for attendees of Comic Book Club (7pm) Also for those brave adventurous souls who come in costume, a FREE portrait of you as your alter-ego to be featured in the comic book adaptation of the party!! Also, my Official Birthday Party!! Check out COMICBOOK ROCKSTAR RADIO, my weekly podcast recorded at SiriusXM! https://soundcloud.com/comicbookrockstar". Tuesday, October[...]
Any Finally… Michael Cho's Multiversity Cover For The CBLDF
We mentioned the CBLDF Retailer Membership drive the other week, including a variety of CBLDF exclusive covers for retailer supporters. Well, it will also include Michael Cho's cover to Multiversity: Pax Americana, above And might make a nice counterpoint to his Before Watchmen cover for Minutemen, below…   We mentioned the CBLDF Retailer Membership drive the other week,[...]
A Jonathan Hickman Page From This Years's CBLDF Liberty Annual
The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2014, supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, is publishing by Image Comics on the 8th October –  with the Final Order Cut-Off date set for Monday. The writers on the comic are Jeff Parker, Stan Sakai, Marc Guggenheim & Tara Butters, Jonathan Hickman, Brian Wood, Amy Chu, Al Ewing, Robin Furth, Luke[...]
Pop Culture Houding Charles Brownstein Of The CBLDF
Chris Thompson writes, After last episode with Dark Engine's Ryan Burton & John Bivens (which you can listen to here), I'm finally back with Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). Charles & I discuss his background in comics, how he ended up working for the Fund, what the organisation stands for, and[...]
Humble Bundle Goes Boom!
Boom! Studios is teaming with Humble Bundle to offer up a bunch of digital comics to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The two-week program
Gilbert Hernandez Covers Harbinger #25 For CBLDF As An SDCC Exclusive
Valiant, in a move to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is offering up the HARBINGER #25 SDCC Liberty Variant, a limited edition release of July's 48-page anniversary issue that features a brand new cover by Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets, Marble Season, Sloth). Debuting this July exclusively at Comic-Con International[...]
Bone Flies The Flag For CBLDF Guide To Comic Book Censorship
The CBLDF, or the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is putting out a CBLDF Banned Books leaflet, available in stores or at shows from July (in time for San Diego Comic Con) and also ahead of Banned Books Week in September. And it comes with a Bone cover by Jeff Smith as, surprisingly, Bone is one of[...]
Things To Do In New York This Week If You Like Comics
Artist Rob Berry and lawyer Chad Rutkowski, of Throwaway Horse, join CBLDF executive director Charles Brownstein for a lively discussion of censorship, comics, and the public good" The event will be held in room 523 of the Butler Library, located at 116th Street and Broadway in New York. For further information on the exhibition and related[...]
Free Comic Book Day 2014 – The Silver Books – Rocket Raccoon, Uber, Teen Titans Go, Bleeding Cool, Armor Hunters, Archaia Hardcover, Buck Rogers, CBLDF  And More (UPDATE)
Oh and it's got Spider-Man on the cover, our first Marvel cover. Other highlights include a new hardcover mini graphic anthology from Boom/Archaia, new Buck Rogers comics from Hermes Press, Fred Perry's Steam Wars, the story of Uber so far, two CBLDF comics, one for readers, one for teachers and parents, Okay, all items and images updated… DC[...]
A Sneak Peek At Jeff Smith's Tuki Save the Humans
Tomorrow, Jeff Smith will be unveiling his newest project: Tuki Save the Humans! at the Society of Illustrators during the benefit brunch for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's Kids' Right to Read program. Doors will open at 11am, brunch will be served at 11:30 and the performance will begin at 12:30, to be followed by Q&A,[...]