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Carol Tilley, Associate Professor, GSLIS, University of Illinois; and Charles Brownstein, Executive Director, CBLDF Ray Flook wrote from New York Comic Con for Bleeding Cool; Like many die-hard comic book fans, for a long time I felt I already knew everything I needed to know about Dr Fredric Wertham: he was a conservative "nut-job" who went after[...]

In a panel Spotlight at Baltimore Comic Con hosted by Deputy Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Alex Cox, Brian Wood had a lot to say about the

After announcing DCBS and Things From Another World as their first comic store corporate sponsors, they will be giving exclusive CBLDF variant covers to retailer members who sign up. This includes a variant of Sandman Overture #1 by Jim Lee and a Comics Code-style variant cover of Mighty Avengers #1. Retailer membership costs from $100 a year. [...]

There are Jeff Goldblum impersonators, Gandalf traps and the CBLDF party – and who exactly finished off Kristan Morrison's drink. Get down with the funky crew. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Xv1UKe-YU[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dw4l55li0[/youtube] And Part One if you never saw it… shame on you. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dw4l55li0[/youtube] [...]

At the same time, the CBLDF shirt is not designed merely to commemorate Gaines and his past efforts to protect the comics medium at a particularly dangerous time in its history, important though they might have been The shirt also serves to highlight the contemporary relevance of Gaines's efforts and ongoing challenges to those comic[...]

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and their annual fundraiser is always full of interesting stories and powerful thoughts from some of the best indy comics creators. This year, the panel brought together the collective might of Jeff Smith (Bone), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Eric Powell (The Goon), Chris Burnham (Elephantmen), Tim Seele (Hack/Slash)[...]

the CBLDF seems to have been missed out of Image Comics' listings for October at CBR yesterday I understand that it'll be added back shortly But this is for a charitable cause, so can everyone do a little reTweeting, Redditing, Diggiting, Farking, Faceposting, Pinteresting, whatever you can do to help? The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2013: Tales[...]

And a week from Friday the CBLDF will be hosting a night' at the Avalon Bardot Theater in Hollywood with Geoff Johns, a Q&A, a presentation with Jeph Loeb, and limited merchandise from Graphitti Designs created for the night. One hundred seats, going now, for a $100 donation to the CBLDF or $250 for a VIP[...]

Tonight, the CBLDF are holding an auction of comic book artwork at the ComicsPRO event, including the Francesco Francavilla piece above. Bill Schanes who is stepping down from his VP position at Diamond Comic Distributors has also donated considerable works from Frank Frazetta, William Stout, John Pound, Jeffrey Catherine Jones and more. The auction kicks off at[...]

Earlier today I ran a piece based on a CBLDF press release about the Gaimain Foundation donating $60,000 Bleeding Cool commenters asked how this tied in with Gaiman's previous charitable body, Marvels & Miracles which was funded by Gaiman's work for Marvel and the court cases against Todd McFarlane and Image Comics. Turns out, it ties[...]

The CBLDF has, through that time, grown from a one-person organization dealing with emergencies that would have wiped out creators and retailers to what it is now: a major force in fighting censorship and preserving First Amendment liberties for those of us who read, create, publish or sell comics on paper or on the web." The[...]

In this week's CBLDF Liberty Annual 2012, out in shops tomorrow, we see how that item or items were acquired and assembled, and the thought pattern behind it, in a special Walking Dead chapter by Robert Kirkman and Charle Adlard Here is a shot that a nice retailer sent me… And with a number of stores[...]

Tash Moore reports from the CBLDF panel at NYCC; During his meeting with the U S House Sub committee that led to the creation of the Comics Code, EC Publisher William Gaines was taking weight medication that is now commonly known as speed. Much has been made of his testimony at the trial, considered a little odd,[...]

But the designs have caused some to ponder as to whether or not they may be from the upcoming Image comic Jupiter's Children? They do seem to share certain futuristic sensibilities…     But then we also have a character who is all the CBLDF's… Last year, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund make a series of[...]

Ben Templesmith, Brandon Graham and John Cassaday willdraw the final three… but the first is up for grabs. The winner will receive; – $750 cash – $250 Threadless gift card – 2012 CBLDF Protector Membership – Signed and numbered Paul Pope Screened Print – Print Featuring The Day the Saucers Came script, signed and sketched by author Neil Gaiman – 4 CHEW[...]

The organisations partly funded the case, and are now seeking to raise money to help Ryan Matheson pay the $45,000 he incurred, as well as helpin to prevent similar cases in the future. The CBLDF point outs that as a result of the charge "he was subjected to abusive treatment by police and a disruption in his life[...]

The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine, reports that last night the ten strong board of the Regional School Unit votes that Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics

This, Alanis Morrissette, is irony. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, who fight against censorship of comic books, have been given the intellectual

Some have sent lawyers, some have sent bribes, some have sent death threats. But here's a much more pleasant way of doing it – and actually getting your way as well. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is auctioning off a Get Out Of Bleeding Cool Free card which will allow the winner the chance to remove[...]

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is appealing to raise $100,000 by the end of October, to pay for "urgent legal and education work." This includes the first payments to the case of Brandon X, an American arrested in Canada becaiuse of the comics on his laptop.  Thankfully they've got the New York Comic Con[...]

Our Love Is Real has been the speculation book of 2011, with copies of the first print topping $100 on eBay. Which makes it a perfect choice for the Comic

Here's the Bleeding Cool segment of the CBLDF Liberty Annual 2011 spread Expect to see more on other websites… but this bit is Bleeding Cool's! Get with the clicky. The new Liberty Annual ships in October,with new stories by J Michael Straczynski, Frank Quitely, J.H Williams III, Steve Niles, Judd Winick , Mark Waid,[...]

Gonzo's new comic La Mano del Destino, with a print to match. And finally the CBLDF Auction, with work for sale from all sorts of amazing names Why not have a browse… Above is an Uncle Sam T-shirt by John Cassaday Below is a Grendel T-shirt by Matt Wagner Both are exclusive to San Diego Comic[...]

 The case has been widely watched by other entertainment industries, including comic books. Complete text of the decision here. As the CBLDF has pointed out, failed efforts to convince the US Senate to restrict content in comic books in the 1950s were cited in the decision: Many in the late 1940's and early 1950's blamed comic books for[...]

This is the first in a series of awareness ads created by the Bonfire Agency for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The creative director was Oscar

According to a press release, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has announced it's forming "a coalition to support the legal defense of an American

And it's on eBay, to raise money for the CBLDF, the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund. It's one of a number of items on over the "holiday" period, as Americans like to call it,including lunch with Jon Layman, Simone Bianchi cover sketches and an original poem by Neil Gaiman with Tony Harris art, unpublished elsewhere. As for[...]

This pub could change the very nature of British laws over the legality of certain comic books. The Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008 came in to

Have these people learned nothing? Do they actually want to raise money for charity? I only ask because the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund appears to be