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Topic: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

	Comic Book Legal Defense Fund vs. Common Sense \| Water Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The CBLDF claims that their mission is to fight against First Amendment infringements in the comic community.Yet, in their own words the CBLDF's programs have been more about spreading the word that censorship exists, then actually defending cases.
		In many cases the CBLDF touts their influence (this includes 2 main stories on their website as of 10/24) but it is the law who reacts accordingly by reviewing the law, and dismissing the charges as unfounded.
		If comics retailers would not be on the defensive and use common sense as their guide in planning their store, we'd all be better off.
	www.refreshingcontent.com /cbldf.html (1722 words)

	Books: Comics Get Booked!! (Weekly Alibi . 09-08-98)
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was officially incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in January 1990 as the result of another infamous obscenity trial.
		Comic book writer and artist Paul Mavrides (The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers) was disputing a 1990 sales tax bill in the amount of $1,400 based on the sales of his artwork.
		Under California law, unlike novels or movie scripts, comic books did not qualify as "intangible ideas presented in manuscript form," and their creators were subject to the same taxes as producers of raw goods like corn, pencils and matchbook covers.
	weeklywire.com /ww/09-08-98/alibi_feat1.html (1796 words)

	Charles Brownstein, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
		Comic book folk are not generally a wealthy bunch.
		Charles Brownstein: The CBLDF is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal advice and defense to comic book artists, retailers, and publishers on issues that threaten their First Amendment rights.
		On the larger scope, the comics business is not very well funded, so we need to exist in the event of these legal crises because in many cases, the Fund is the only place for a retailer or cartoonist to turn when they're in trouble.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Aug02/cbldf.htm (1462 words)

	Books: Give Them an Inch ... (Weekly Alibi . 09-08-98)
		Since comic books have, for generations, been regarded as disposable juvenilia, it's easy for some to dismiss them as both art and literature--and, therefore, exempt them from any constitutional protection.
		Strossen's extensively footnoted speech is a wonderful bit of rhetoric, giving a brief history of censorship of comic books and other media, explaining in no uncertain terms the basic constitutional principles that bar censorship of comic books and even mounting a lucid argument against industry self-censorship.
		Finally, Miller (in a speech to a comic book retailers seminar) unleashes a frighteningly believable argument that the Comics Code Authority (the industry's self- censorship code, in effect since the 1950s) was created for the sole purpose of driving '50s industry giant EC Comics out of business.
	weeklywire.com /ww/09-08-98/alibi_art2.html (677 words)

	Encyclopedia: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a United States non-profit organization created in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses.
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		"Fund Comics", "More Fund Comics", and "Even More Fund Comics" are compilations of short work by famous artists sold to support the CBLDF.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Comic-Book-Legal-Defense-Fund (286 words)

	Sequential Tart: Chris Bleistein - Fight For Your Right To Comic! (vol IV/iss 4/April 2001)
		The Fund makes sure that all comics are available for your reading pleasure and are not being banned by the local PTA and community who might find the material inappropriate.
		And also being The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's representative at conventions around the country, and the primary voice in terms of speaking to the press and public, and the prime representative of who The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is and what it does.
		This is an issue of trademark law, but The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund feels that Kieron Dwyer was doing his job as a cartoonist and that the true target of his satire was not Starbucks, but the corporate consumer culture in which we all live.
	www.sequentialtart.com /archive/apr01/bleistein.shtml (3284 words)

	COMICON.com: CBLDF'S OFFICIAL WORLD on MOVE TO NYC
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has released an official press release on their move to New York.
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was founded in 1986 as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community.
		Donations and inquiries should be directed to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at 271 Madison Avenue, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10016.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=003864 (368 words)

	Comic Booked! (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Comic books are under their biggest censorship barrage since the 1950s.
		Today, nearly 80 percent of comic books are read by adults – a statistic that doesn’t seem to faze the censors.
		Under California law, unlike novels or movie scripts, comic books did not qualify as "intangible ideas presented in manuscript form" and their creators were subject to the same taxes as producers of raw goods such as corn, pencils and matchbook covers.
	www.metrotimes.com /19/52/Features/artComic.htm (1562 words)

	Joy's Japanimation: Why You Should Join the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At his trial, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund brought in expert witnesses for the defense to testify how there are some comic books that are not for children, how manga is an artform, and how it was protected by the First Amendment.
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has already spent $40,000 in legal fees trying to defend Jesus Castillo and your right as an adult to buy any manga you might be interested in.
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is dedicated to protecting both the creators, so their original artistic visions can be left intact, and the retailers who bring them to you.
	www.joysjapanimation.com /storeinfo/cbldf.shtml (678 words)

	Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
		No media has a more enthusiastic base of support than comics, and the CBLDF is proud to play a part in protecting this vital American art form.
		While conventions and special premiums provide wonderful opportunities to raise funds and awareness, they do not provide the steady, predictable funding that the CBLDF needs in order to deliver the professional level of service that the industry deserves.
		Donations and inquiries should be directed to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at P.O. Box 693, Northampton, MA 01061.
	www.cbldf.org /membership.shtml (491 words)

	NEWSARAMA - STEVE GEPPI JOINS CBLDF BOARD
		A veteran of the comic book industry since the earliest days of the direct sales market, Geppi brings over three decades of experience in every facet of the business to the CBLDF Board.
		Comics were blamed for impairing the development of our children and contributing to juvenile delinquency.
		“Comics are being embraced by the schools, they are being embraced by the libraries, they are being embraced by the bookstore market, they are being embraced by the movies.
	www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18004 (1289 words)

	Katsucon Saturday - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As comic books have moved away from the watered-down days of the Comics Code Authority to reflect the gritty unpleasantness of real life, they've come under attack - especially those books that deal with sex.
		However, Chris Oarr, executive director of the defense fund, had a warning at Katsucon: the uninhibited nature of some anime and manga is drawing attention from those who want to shut it down, especially those who still hold the belief that all comics and cartoons should be for children only.
		The fund director said this sort of crackdown is part of a larger effort to repress anything that offends a few who have "...a cultural agenda.
	www.fansview.com /2000a/021200c.htm (339 words)

	PULP CULTURE for AUGUST 7, 2003: High court shuns comic speech case
		As of now, comic books are the only medium of artistic expression without the presumption of First Amendment protection.
		During Castillo's trial, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund provided expert witnesses to testify as to the offending book's artistic merits.
		Unable to prove that the book was obscene, the prosecuting attorney deliberately muddied the issue.
	home.hiwaay.net /~tfharris/pulpculture/columns/030807.shtml (688 words)

	Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
		The rescheduling was mutually agreed upon by the prosecution and defense.
		In the same weekend that a record breaking 16,000+ comics fans descended on Orlando, FL’s Orange County Convention Center, a cheerleading convention, boat show, and home electronics expo were also going on, which led to one of the most entertaining scenes we’ve witnessed at any of the conventions in the past year.
		A profile on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (written by Bill Weir of The Hartford Courant) has hit the news wires and has appeared in the Orlando Sentinel.
	www.cbldf.org (627 words)

	Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Our goal is not the defense of mindless pornography; our goal is not the advocacy of creative works which degrade any group or individual.
		Just as no one should be forced to create, publish, distribute, display, sell, or buy comic books in violation of their personal choices and preferences, so too must it be seen as a violation of inherent human rights to impede anyone from creating, publishing, distributing, displaying, or buying the comic books of their choice.
		Neil Gaiman, and the Board of Directors of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund ask for your contribution in the name of the ideal of free expression of creative ideas, and the fundamental human right to participate in and enjoy free expression without fear of prosecution.
	www.darkcarnival.com /DCOLarchive/cbldf.sim2.htm (494 words)

	Kitchen Sink Press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1969.
		Kitchen Sink Press was a pioneering publisher of underground comics, and was also responsible for numerous republications of classic comic strips in hardcover and softcover anthologies.
		These included comic strip reprints in hard cover and soft cover.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kitchen_Sink_Press (143 words)

	Comics2Film - CBLDF Chairman Speaks Out
		For those of you not familiar with the Comic Book Legal Defense fund (CBLDf), it's a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First Amendment rights of members of the comics community.
		Comic books are often perceived as a form of media directed solely at children, instead of being given recognition as an and literature form.
		Milton Griepp has been in and around the comic book industry for over thirty years; his successful ventures include building Capital City Distribution from the ground up into a multi-million dollar corporation, and his current project, the website ICv2.com.
	www.comics2film.com /StoryFrame.php?f_id=1830&f_sec=16 (630 words)

	CBLDF Press Release
		San Franciscan comic book fans showed their support for the first amendment this Halloween evening, as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund hosted the fifth stop on Neil Gaiman's Guardian Angel Tour.
		The CBLDF is a non-profit tax-exempt organization dedicated to preserving the first amendment rights of the comics industry.
		CBLDF Executive Director Susan Alston had this to say, "I am always encouraged by the dedication that comic book fans have defended our rights to freedom of speech.
	www.holycow.com /dreaming/lore/review.html (883 words)

	Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: New Developments in Arkansas and South Carolina Cases
		Last year the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund joined the Southeast Booksellers Association, Print Studio South, Inc, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, and Families Against Internet Censorship in a complaint protesting the State's "harmful to minors" Internet statute.
		Last Friday counsel for CBLDF and co-plaintiffs in Arkansas also filed a motion for summary judgment against a new amendment to Act 858, which would require any content deemed "harmful to minors" to be both segregated and blinded.
		Fund members in Arkansas are reporting that the law is receiving a great deal of media scrutiny, which supports the position of the Fund and co-plaintiffs.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/105957950666711.htm (279 words)

	News Gaiman, CBLDF Announce Last Angel Tour (8-23-00) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Each reading will be preceded by a private cocktail reception with the author for Premium Ticket holders and CBLDF members, and followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization protecting First Amendment rights in the comics community.
		For more CBLDF news and information, pick up a copy of Busted!, the Fund’s free quarterly newsletter, or visit the CBLDF Web site.
	www.comicsutra.com /cs/news2000/2000august/news_gaiman_last_angel_tour.htm (669 words)

	CBLDF
		People seem to have a certain image of comics and are locked into a mindset of "Holy flying umbrellas, Batman" that would preclude any form of "objectionable" material that might need defending.
		Hopefully, one day the CBLDF will not be necessary, but for now, I am glad that the organization is around, helping to protect the medium that I love.
		Further information can be obtained by visiting the CBLDF website or by contacting them by e-mail, phone, or through the postal service.
	members.aol.com /spooon/CBLDF.htm (602 words)

	Barbaric Rumblings - Archive for 16 October 2000.
		The good news is that as he's doing it, he's raising money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).
		Early this year in northeastern Texas, a comic retailer was arrested and charged with two counts of selling obscene material.
		The comics were even in an "adults only" section of the store where minors couldn't even view the titles.
	pages.ripco.net /~barbarian/archive_rant_16OCT00.html (927 words)

	Animation World News - Books
		Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. continues its support of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with the 1999 Spring Breaks.
		The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization preserving the First Amendment rights of the comics community.
		Donations and inquiries can always be sent directly to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at P.O. Box 693, Northampton, MA 01061; or visit www.cbldf.org for more information.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue4.04/4.04pages/4.04books.php3 (460 words)

	Hugo Zoom: The Comic BookLegal Defense Fund(another free speech T shirt)
		The Fund has already spent in excess of $20,000 defending this case.
		The CBLDF also recently succeeded in rescuing "Ritchie Bush" from an overzealous US customs agency which decided to confiscate the comic satire painting George W. Bush as a spoilt little rich kid a la you-know-who this past fall, ostensibly on the grounds that it constituted copyright infringement.
		I am raising funds for "Iraqdoc 2007": to go to Iraq in the summer of 2007 to film a documentary about ordinary people there, Iraqis and Americans and perhaps others.
	hugozoom.blogspot.com /2005/06/comic-booklegal-defense-fundanother.html (230 words)

	Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund is available to assist any Canadian comic book retailer, distributor, publisher or creator who find themselves victims of Canada's unique obscenity laws.
		The CLLDF was formed in 1987 by Derek McCulloch and paul Stockton to raise money for the defense of Comic Legends, a Calgary, Alberta comic shop whose owners were charged with selling obscene materials.
		Most recently, the Fund has made several donations to the Little Sisters' lawsuit against Canada Customs, and paid the expenses of expert witnesses brought in to testify on behalf of Marc Laliberte, a fanzine publisher in Windsor.
	mypage.uniserve.ca /~lswong/CLLDF.html (312 words)

	The Perez Archives
		Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and has since brought in hundreds of dollars more with a handful of copies that have been made available in online auctions and convention auctions.
		He chose the CBLDF as the beneficiary of the project for two reasons: "I really wanted to do the book because of my long interest in George's artwork and I was raised to really believe in causes and to help out other people.
		While my ego is definitely stroked by this project, I am more excited by all the money this could raise for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an organization near and dear to my heart and one that deserves the support of everyone who has ever read and enjoyed a comic book.
	www.andymangels.com /perezarchives.html (1490 words)

	The SF Site: An Interview With Neil Gaiman
		In the last 10 years since concluding the award-winning comic book series Sandman, writer Neil Gaiman has stretched his literary legs to write a number of popular and critically-acclaimed novels, a children's book, the English-language screenplay for the Japanese film Princess Mononoke, a television series for the BBC, and too many other things to name.
		I was talking to Chris Oarr from the Fund, and he had this big auction going, and I suggested we auction VIP tickets, and maybe throw in a nice dinner and a backstage pass.
		It's like comics that you are actually creating inside somebody's head, because as they're listening to the words, the images are forming for them.
	www.sfsite.com /10a/ng90.htm (3984 words)

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