Raremarq Sponsors 2025 CBLDF San Diego Comic-Con Party!
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is almost here, and we’re thrilled to announce our co-sponsorship of the annual CBLDF Welcome Party!
We’re proud to be joining forces with Oni Press, The Nacelle Company, Mad Cave Studios, Kickstarter, and GlobalComix to help kick off SDCC in style.
Together, this year’s impressive roster of sponsors will each be generously donating an array of limited-edition SDCC collectibles and promotional giveaways for CBLDF Welcome Party gift bags – free to the first 50 attendees who make a donation of $25 or more to benefit the CBLDF at the door – with items, including randomly inserted, highly sought-after Biker Mice from Mars #1 variant covers by artists Simon Bisley, Kano, Karl Kerschl, and Dustin Weaver from Oni Press; a limited-edition Speed Racer bandana and a signed copy of Speed Racer #0 from Mad Cave Studios; a brand new zine from Kickstarter, featuring expert crowdfunding tips from creators like Charlie Stickney, Kat Calamia, Spike Trotman, Mira Ong Chua and more; as well as more graphic novel and collectibles yet-to-be revealed.
The evening’s festivities will also feature the return of the CBLDF’s annual San Diego Comic-Con Silent Auction, featuring comic art and other collectibles donated by a wide array of supporting contributors from across the worlds of comics and entertainment, including Heroic Signatures, Mad Cave Studios, The Nacelle Company, Oni Press, and more.
“We’re proud to sponsor this year’s CBDLF San Diego Comic-Con Welcome Party,” said Chris Tung, Founder of Raremarq. “The work CBDLF does to protect the First Amendment rights of the comics community is vital, and we’re honored to celebrate their ongoing impact. We look forward to supporting their mission and leveraging our marketplace to help raise funds for their future efforts.”
“Censorship is growing faster than ever in the U.S., but with the help of our sponsors, members, and the entire comics community, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is moving even faster to protect free expression through the comic arts,” said Jeff Trexler, Interim Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Now let’s celebrate our victories and fuel up for the future at the annual CBLDF San Diego Comic-Con Welcome Party!”
ABOUT RAREMARQ
Raremarq is the auction platform that empowers creators to earn more. Founded in 2024, Raremarq is trusted by the world’s top creators including Frank Cho (Emmy-award winning creator), Stanley “Artgerm” Lau (globally recognized artist at Marvel and DC Comics), and many more as well as leading comic artist reps including Essential Sequential, Comic Sketch Art, and more!
ABOUT THE COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the legal rights of the comics community and furthering expressive freedom through the comic arts. Since its founding in 1986, the CBLDF has helped defend against countless attempts to arrest comics retailers and creators, to enact new legislation aimed at restricting access to comics, and to have graphic novels and manga removed from public schools and libraries. Among the CBLDF’s most notable cases: its landmark victory in 2022 defending the Oni Press graphic novel Gender Queer against a court petition to have the book banned from distribution in the state of Virginia.
For more information on the event, visit www.cbldf.org.
