Recently Larry Marder has been posting a series of articles about the upcoming CBLDF Liberty Cards over at CBLDF.org. Here is the latest!

Things are really heating up for CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards on my end of things. All sorts of cards are starting to arrive at the Cryptozoic Entertainment offices, and every time I get over there I see something new.

Today, let’s take a look-see at the front of our CBLDF creator autograph cards. All over the realm of comics, writer and artist champions of liberty are signing their names to their pictures to help CBLDF raise the funds necessary to defend everyone’s constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of speech under the First Amendment.

From top left, in clockwise fashion:

Jimmy Palmiotti: “Jimmy Palmiotti is a writer, editor and multi-award-winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation and video game development.”

James Kochalka: “James Kochalka is the creator of the daily diary comic strip American Elf and the children’s comics series Johnny Boo and Dragon Puncher. On March 10, 2011, he was appointed the first Cartoonist Laureate of the State of Vermont.”

John Layman: “John Layman started in comics in 1995 and has been a writer, letterer and editor. He’s worked for Image, Marvel, IDW, Oni, Dynamite, Avatar, Boom and WildStorm. Layman likes Legos, kitty-cats and writing Chew.”

Amanda Conner: “Amanda Conner is an  artist and commercial  illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and moved on to work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Harris Comics and has had her work featured in the New York Times and Revolver magazine, as well as on NBC’s Dateline and A&E’s Biography. Her latest work was a 12 issue run of Powergirl for DC Comics.”

I’m going to wrap up with another peek at work by the astoundingly hardworking and talented Philip Tan. Philip is going to be doing the art on the upcoming Savage Hawkman from DC Comics. Take a look at these beautifully rendered sketch cards Philip drew for CBLDF in what passes for his spare time. What a generous guy he is!

Check out all other diary entries by Larry Marder:

- http://cbldf.org/homepage/larry-marders-cbldf-liberty-cards-diary-1/
- http://cbldf.org/homepage/larry-marders-cbldf-liberty-cards-diary-2/
- http://cbldf.org/homepage/larry-marders-cbldf-liberty-cards-diary-3/
- http://cbldf.org/homepage/larry-marders-cbldf-liberty-cards-diary-4/
- http://cbldf.org/homepage/larry-marders-cbldf-liberty-cards-diary-5/
- http://cbldf.org/homepage/larry-marders-cbldf-liberty-cards-diary-6/

From Cryptozoic Entertainment:

In comic books, the hero must battle an out-of-this-world villain in a world of fantasy. In our world, there are real-life villains as well. To this day, artistic expression and free speech are challenged in the comic book industry. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is a non-profit organization that comes to the aid of those artists who are threatened by censorship and other legal troubles. Supported by some of the most acclaimed creators and artists in the industry, the CBL DF has long been a champion of free speech.

This trading card set showcases some of the historic legal battles comic books have had to overcome from the Seduction of the Innocent era in the 1950s to the modern day. In addition to the base set, special hand drawn sketch cards and autograph cards by some of the top talent in the comic book world will be featured! Erik Larsen, Charlie Adlard, Rob Liefeld, Frank Quitely and Terry Moore are just a few artists who will be doing sketch cards. Plus, autographs can be found from such names as Geoff Johns, Neil Gaiman, Jeff Smith, Gail Simone and Robert Kirkman.

Release Date: Summer 2011
Base set: 72 Cards
Inserts: Champions of Liberty chase set, Autographs, Sketch Cards
Packs: 5 cards per pack; 24 packs per box
MSRP: $3.49 pack