First off, thanks much to the four sponsors I have so far. $143 isn’t a bad gig.
However …
We can do better. Or, at least, we did in 2003.
Granted, the CBLDF isn’t about fighting world hunger, clearing land mines, or saving the whales. But it is about freedom and liberty — the idea that First Amendment rights to free expression apply to comic books and graphic novels as much as they do to any other artistic creation.
Both freedom and comic books are near and dear to my heart.
For information on some recent cases the CBLDF is helping pay for see here (update here), here, here, and here. Activities last year are summarized here.
So … if you’re thinking of pledging, the Event is this coming Saturday. Let’s see if we can get that number up to a nice round $10 an hour …