Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Official Press Release
Celebrate The Spirit of Giving this holiday season by gifting signed and personalized graphic novels by famous authors from Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! When you support the CBLDF’s Spirit of Giving drive between now and December 12, The Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation will make a contribution of $2 for every donation and gift order placed on the CBLDF’s website. In addition, they will contribute $10 for each new membership and $5 for every gift membership made from now until December 31!
CBLDF is offering the best presents in comics, including graphic novels personalized to the fan in your life by comics masters. Alan Moore leads off the list personalizing his masterworks From Hell, Lost Girls Mirror of Love, and Voice of the Fire to donors to CBLDF. Other creators participating in the personalization drive include: Jason Aaron, Chris Burnham, Cliff Chiang, Howard Cruse, Evan Dorkin, Rebekah Isaacs, Chip Kidd, Paul Levitz, Larry Marder, Terry Moore, Dave Roman, Jeff Smith, Raina Telgemeier, Brian K. Vaughan,and Brian Wood! Don’t delay – this personalization offer ends on December 5!
In addition to these personalized offers, we also have exclusive gifts like books and prints signed by legends like George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman, Daniel Clowes, Paul Pope, Brian Lee O’Malley, and more! With every gift you order from CBLDF, you’ll get an exclusive card featuring Will Eisner’s The Spirit that tells them your gift helped do good for comics!
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!
Here’s the list of participants and gift items launching this important CBLDF campaign and click here for a complete list of items available during The Spirit of Giving drive:
Jason Aaron
- SCALPED VOL.1
- WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN VOL.1
Chris Burnham
- BATMAN INCORPORATED: DELUXE EDITION
Cliff Chiang
Howard Cruse
Evan Dorkin
- BEASTS OF BURDEN
- MILK AND CHEESE
Rebekah Isaacs
Chip Kidd
- BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN
- SHAZAM!: THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE WORLD’S MIGHTEST MORTAL
Paul Levitz
- 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING
- LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: THE GREAT DARKNESS SAGA
Larry Marder
- BEANWORLD BOOK 1: WAHOOLAZUMA!
- TALES OF THE BEANWORLD
Alan Moore
- FROM HELL
- LOST GIRLS
- THE MIRROR OF LOVE
- VOICE OF THE FIRE
Terry Moore
- COMPLETE ECHO
- RACHEL RISING
Dave Roman
Jeff Smith
Raina Telgemeier
Brian K. Vaughan
- SAGA vol. 1
- Y the Last Man, Deluxe Edition vol. 1
Brian Wood
- LOCAL
- WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN: ALPHA AND OMEGA
Here’s How The Personalization Works
When you place your order with the CBLDF for these holiday premiums, you can have each of the offered books personalized to one or two names, and the artist will sign and personalize the book on a high quality CBLDF-branded bookplate. When you place your order, please indicate how you want the book personalized in the comments section. Please include the personalization request, such as: For Will, For Carl & Nancy, or To The Groppers! Sorry – artists will not be able to provide sketches or other messages.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SHIPPING
All books will be personalized the week of December 5, and will be mailed the week of December 12. If you have questions about whether a book will reach you in time for a specific day, please email Alex Cox at info@cbldf.org
International donors, please note, we are happy to ship anywhere in the world, but due to extended international shipping times and potential customs delays beyond our control, we cannot guarantee these personalized items will arrive for Christmas delivery.
Here’s How Your Donation Will Be Used
Expert Legal Defense: When a First Amendment emergency becomes a criminal case, CBLDF springs to action. Thanks to our efforts, earlier this year Canadian authorities dropped all criminal charges in the case of Ryan Matheson, an American citizen who was wrongfully accused at the U.S. / Canadian border of importing child pornography on his laptop, when in fact, what he had on his computer was humor and fantasy manga. CBLDF provided substantive support in the form of legal resources and expert witnesses. We also contributed $30,000 to Ryan’s legal fees, and we are currently working to pay off the remaining $34,000 in legal defense costs. Ryan appeared at NYCC to tell his story. You can read his words or listen to a recording of the panel to learn how CBLDF members made a difference in his life here.
Preventative Legal Action: The CBLDF is most successful when you don’t hear about our work. That’s because our powerful legal team is working to defuse First Amendment emergencies at the first sign of trouble. For instance, this summer, we were successful in ending an investigation involving a comics reader in Idaho who was turned into police by an intimate partner. That partner maliciously alleged that the comics this reader owned were child pornography and obscene. They weren’t. Our lawyers asserted that truth and made the case go away before it went to court. CBLDF’s expert legal team is available at a moment’s notice to respond to First Amendment emergencies like these thanks to the monetary support of our members.
Proactive Library Support: Comics are an important, and often misunderstood facet of 21st Century libraries, making them the target offrequent challenges. CBLDF stands up for the freedom to read when these challenges happen. Most recently, we sent a letter of support to Bill Ptacek, a Seattle area library director commending the library for standing up for the intellectual freedom of its patrons in the face of an attack in the media for offering manga in the library’s adult collection. In September we spoke out against the ban of the graphic novelSideScrollers in Connecticut, and published dozens of resources as part of our sponsorship of Banned Books Week. Efforts to ban specific comics titles keep happening and constant vigilance is necessary to keep them accessible to the public. CBLDF members make it possible for us to do that work.
Commitment to Education: The modern era is bringing more readers to comics from more places than ever, but it’s also bringing new threats. That’s why CBLDF is committed to providing a growing education program that elevates awareness of the rights that the people who read, circulate, and make comics are guaranteed by the First Amendment, and how those rights are endangered. We do this by delivering presentations to lawyers, librarians, students and readers all over the United States. We also maintain a website that strives to be the internet’s best resource for information about comics censorship. CBLDF.org maintains a daily news blog and a rich and growing resources section, with case studies on Banned Comics, Case Files that include a growing library of original court documents, rich historical sections on Comics Censorship History, the Comics Code, and manga censorship, and much more.
Originally Published at http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42246
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