Diamond Comic Distributors is making it easy to enroll as a retailer member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund for 2008.  Four membership options are being offered to retailers with the order form for January Previews, each of which includes special membership premiums for retailers as part of the Diamond campaign. 

 

Each class of membership, beginning with the basic Retailer Advocate $100 membership, includes a signed copy of Jeff Smith's RASL #1 Variant Edition, a signed Frank Miller comic, a copy of The Best Defense:  CBLDF Retailer Resource Guide, a CBLDF window cling, donation can, and a listing in the retailer directory on the CBLDF Website.

 

Retailer Patrons ($250 per year) also get a CBLDF change mat. 

 

Retailer Guardians ($500 per year) also get an assortment of 20 signed bookplates, including signatures from:

Neil Gaiman

Peter David

Brian K. Vaughan

Ed Brubaker

Matt Wagner

Brad Meltzer

Greg Rucka

Mark Waid

Brian Bendis

Robert Kirkman

Garth Ennis

Jim Lee

 

Retailer Angels ($1000 per year) will receive everything in the Guardian package, plus an original drawing by Walter Simonson, Darwyn Cooke, or Alex Maleev.

 

And all new members will be entered into a drawing for a package of special, signed variant editions published by CBLDF Corporate Member DC Comics.