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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a United States Non-profit Organization created in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of Comic s creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses. It is supported by many big names of the industry; the board of directors includes Chris Staros , Peter David , and Neil Gaiman . "Fund Comics", "More Fund Comics", and "Even More Fund Comics" are compilations of short work by famous artists sold to support the CBLDF. HISTORY The fund was formed initially in 1986, when Michael Correa, store manager of comic shop Friendly Frank's, was arrested on charges of distributing obscenity. The comic books deemed obscene were '' Omaha The Cat Dancer '', '' The Bodyssey '', '' Weirdo '', and '' Bizarre Sex ''. The fund launched as a means to raise money and cover Correa's defence costs, with Kitchen Sink Press releasing an art portfolio of pieces domated by comics artists with proceeds donated to the fund. After Correa was successfully acquitted, Denis Kitchen officially incorporated the fund in 1990 as a non-profit charitable organization with an initial sum of $20 000, the money being left over from those funds raised for the Correa trial. NOTABLE CASES
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