Media Release -- Threadless kicked off the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) last night with a benefit party for Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at Threadless Headquarters where a new fundraising effort for the non-profit organization was announced. In July, Threadless will launch Comics-On Tees Vol. 6, a series of four tees based on the poem The Day the Saucers Came, written by bestselling author and CBLDF board member Neil Gaiman. Artists have a chance to design the first tee in the four-part series, and 25% of the proceeds from the chosen design will benefit CBLDF.

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Media Release -- Experience Creativity with comics' greatest creators at the Image Expo Welcome Party sponsored by Image Comics and iFanboy to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! The party is free for CBLDF members and kicks off at 8 PM on February 24, 2012 at The Uptown in Oakland, California. This party jump starts a weekend of celebrating independent comics and free speech at the Image Expo, taking place at the Oakland Convention Center. Proceeds from the Image Expo Welcome Party will benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, who will have a gift bag for members and donors!

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Media Release -- At the ComicsPro Retailer Meeting today, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced a new program to encourage comic book retailers to support the organization with the introduction of the CBLDF Member Appreciation Party Box! Developed as a tool to empower retailers to raise awareness of the CBLDF's important work and bring new customers into their stores, the CBLDF Member Appreciation Party Box will include promotional literature, thank you gifts for card carrying CBLDF members, and premiums to be offered as raffle prizes!

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Media Release -- Comic book and entertainment information website InvestComics is proud to announce that "One and Done" - a charitable anthology to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - is now available for purchase on the Mira Publishing website at www.mirashartshop.com. "Today marks the beginning of InvestComics' fight against censorship and the right for Freedom of Speech," said Jay Katz, President of InvestComics. "We are proud to support such a great cause and will always be a strong supporter of CBLDF."

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Media Release -- Free Comic Book Day has become every comic fan's favorite holiday, and the lineup of books for FCBD 2012, which takes place May 5, is definitely impressive.

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Media Release -- The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund announces that, 22 years after forming as an ad hoc fundraising organization in defense of a Calgary retailer charged with selling obscene materials, it has at last been formally incorporated. CLLDF Board of Directors member Derek McCulloch says, "It's a long overdue step, and one we hope communicates our intention to grow the Fund as a bulwark in the defense of free speech in Canada." McCulloch added that while the Fund has been incorporated with bylaws outlining its mission as a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the free speech rights of Canadian comics professionals and fans, its status as a charity is pending. "The paperwork is in at Revenue Canada," McCulloch said. "We hope to have charitable status before the end of the year."

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