More Fund Comics: An All-Star Benefit Comc For The CBLDF

by Various

A variety of cool stories, pin-ups, and sketches by some of the biggest names in comics, as well as many cutting edge, up-and-coming stars of the future, all to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Artist extraordinaire George Perez (JLA/Avengers, Teen Titans, Solus) draws Marvel Comics' Incredible Hulk, just in time for the upcoming blockbuster movie! Featuring the fantastic creator-owned works of Mike Wieringo (Fantastic Four), Mike Oeming (Powers), Jerry Ordway (Wonder Woman, Shazam!), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows), Mark Wheatley (Hammer of the Gods), Mike Manley (MonsterMan), Neil Vokes (Superman Adventures), John Gallagher (Buzzboy), Erik Larson (Savage Dragon), David Gallaher (Johnny Dollar), Danielle Corsetto (Girls with Slingshots), Mark McKenna (Batman), Rich Faber (Steel), J. Bone ( Tangled Web), Steve Conley (Astounding Space Thrills), Scott Morse (Magic Pickle), and many more.

Genres: Comics, Anthologies

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2003

About the author

Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long (over 50).

If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.

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Reviews

[Duncan]

Kinda cute but mostly superficial anthology of comix stories. There's a one page Usagi Yojimbo which is ok, nothing to get to excited about. It was for a good cause, don'tchaknow. I got it for a $1 on a bargain book sale at my local comic book store. Someone else said it's mostly funny animal stories, I would say it's more funny monster stories, lots of cute little monsters and aliens, all pretty harmless and probably pointless, but the money went to the CBLDF, except my copy which just went to the guy who runs my local comic book store.

[John]

A mixed bag.

[Craig]

This is an odd but interesting little book, put together to raise money for the CBLDF, a fine organization. It doesn't contain anything that anyone would want to censor at all, I don't believe, which I found a little surprising; I guess I was expecting more of a flavor of the black and white indie underground sex and drugs books from the '70s. A couple of the works looked like they had originally been done in color and didn't translate well into black and white (the words weren't readable), and a few seem to be fragments or introductions to longer works. For the most part the stories are more of the type of what we used to call "funny-book" works for younger kids. Still, there were some nice pieces and it was done for a good cause.