CBLDF Presents: WILL EISNER’S Personal Library Collection Auction!

Will Eisner wasn’t just the godfather of comics, a creative force who changed the face of modern comics — he was also a staunch advocate for the freedom of expression. In celebration of Eisner’s indomitable talent and advocacy, CBLDF is delighted to offer up for auction books from ...

CBLDF Announces 2016 Membership Incentives, Featuring Art by CRAIG THOMPSON!

CBLDF's work defending the right to read is more important than ever. But we can’t do it without your support! When you join CBLDF in 2016, we’ll thank you with the best incentives in the free speech community, including member exclusives with stunning art by acclaimed cartoonist Craig Thompson!

Leading the Fight for Free Expression: CBLDF Annual Report 2015

Although comics have never been a bigger part of  mainstream pop culture, they sustained more censorship attacks in 2015 than at any other time this century. CBLDF was on the case, fighting back by providing expert support to keep comics available for everyone! CBLDF is at the forefront of defendin ...

Comic Book Club Handbook

Learn how to start and make the most of book clubs for comics and graphic novels with the Comic Book Club Handbook, a new resource produced by Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in collaboration with Comic-Con International! Designed for librarians, retailers, and individuals alike, the Comic Book Cl ...

Radio Free Comix: The CBLDF Podcast

In support of our ongoing education work, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is now part of the audio-sphere! A mix of interviews, discussions about current Free Speech events, convention panels recordings, and archival materials, the CBLDF Podcast will be a monthly event, from our keyboards to your ...

In Stores Now: Latest Edition of CBLDF’s Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!

With Free Comic Book Day coming up, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is delighted that the latest edition of our proven resource, Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read! is in stores today! With more than 80,000 copies in print, Raising a Reader! How Comics &a ...

CBLDF Protects The First Amendment!

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. Our work takes us into courtrooms, classrooms, conventions and libraries all over the United States where we provide legal aid, education, and advocacy to protect th ...

DEADPOOL: Celebrate the Freedom to Read with the Merc With a Mouth!

February 10, 2016
By
dpclassicliefeldormcguinness

The Deadpool movie hits theaters this Friday (but not in China!) in all his foul-mouthed glory, and CBLDF is ready to celebrate the freedom of speech with a special Rewards Zone collection featuring the Merc with a Mouth! Running the gamut of Deadpool’s comics appearances, you’ll find books signed by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld or...

Read more »

Dynamite Entertainment and Humble Pack Newest Bundle With the Biggest Names in Fiction for Charity, Including CBLDF!

February 10, 2016
By
Dynamite Entertainment and Humble Pack Newest Bundle With the Biggest Names in Fiction for Charity, Including CBLDF!

Dynamite Entertainment again partners with Humble Bundle for one of the most jam-packed collections of comics and prose yet! This latest offering features some of the biggest authors in the publisher’s catalog, giving readers approximately $250 in content for a fraction of the cover price for fans...

Read more »

Virginia House Bill Could Legitimize A Way to Ban Sexually Explicit Content in Schools

February 10, 2016
By
Beloved Toni Morrison

A controversial bill is going before the Virginia legislature that would allow parents to take a more active role in regulating their children’s education and give them the option to opt their children out of specific assignments that they might deem inappropriate. While parents should have the right to determine what their children read, the bill...

Read more »

This One Summer Now Challenged in Seminole County High Schools

February 10, 2016
By
This One Summer Now Challenged in Seminole County High Schools

Less than a week after This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki was removed from three elementary schools in Seminole County, Florida, the critically acclaimed graphic novel is now under fire in the district’s high schools as well. A new report from...

Read more »

Nadia Khiari Wins Free Expression Award at Angoulême Alternative Festival

February 9, 2016
By
Nadia Khiari Wins Free Expression Award at Angoulême Alternative Festival

This year’s Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France, stirred up quite a bit of controversy in the comics community, but one FIBD story has largely flown under the radar. That would be the decision not to give out a Freedom of...

Read more »

Profiles in Black Cartooning: Orrin C. Evans and All-Negro Comics

February 9, 2016
By
Profiles in Black Cartooning: Orrin C. Evans and All-Negro Comics

In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. Visit CBLDF.org throughout the month of February to learn more!  If you were to call...

Read more »

Deadline Approaching: Legal Writing Competition for Excellence in Comic Book Scholarship

February 9, 2016
By
Deadline Approaching: Legal Writing Competition for Excellence in Comic Book Scholarship

Are you a current U.S. law student looking for a chance to go to Comic-Con? CBLDF’s Writing Competition for Excellence in Comic Book Scholarship is your chance, but you need to act soon — deadline for entry is 2/29! The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to...

Read more »

Retailers: The 2016 FCBD Edition of Defend Comics FOCs Today!

February 8, 2016
By
Retailers: The 2016 FCBD Edition of Defend Comics FOCs Today!

Each year, Free Comic Book Day celebrates comics at stores around the country, and CBLDF is part of the action with Defend Comics. Retailers, orders are due today, so don’t forget to include oodles of this all-ages romp in your Diamond orders (order code JAN160021)! An all-star, all-ages spectacular...

Read more »

Profiles in Black Cartooning: Matt Baker

February 5, 2016
By
Profiles in Black Cartooning: Matt Baker

In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. Visit CBLDF.org throughout the month of February to learn more!  In the 1940s and 1950s, Clarence Matthew Baker — best known as Matt...

Read more »

Brooklyn Community Archive Features Protest Movement Comics in New Exhibit

February 5, 2016
By
Brooklyn Community Archive Features Protest Movement Comics in New Exhibit

CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein recently had the opportunity to tour the current exhibit Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art at Brooklyn’s Interference Archive. Impressed by the visit, he wrote it up for ...

Read more »

The Advocate Lists 21 LGBT Picture Books Every Child Should Read

February 5, 2016
By
The Advocate Lists 21 LGBT Picture Books Every Child Should Read

From schools and libraries in the United States to the countries of Italy and Singapore, LGBT children’s books are a frequent target of challenges and bans. The Advocate has pulled together a list of LGBT picture books that every child should read, including those that stirred controversy in some communities. Let’s take a look at a...

Read more »

This One Summer Removed from Seminole County Elementary Schools

February 4, 2016
By
This One Summer Removed from Seminole County Elementary Schools

This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, which last year made history as the first graphic novel to receive a Caldecott Honor and subsequently was the graphic novel that CBLDF had to defend most frequently in 2015, has...

Read more »

Brazilian Cartoonist Dares Others to “Follow Me at Your Own Risk”

February 4, 2016
By
Latuff

“Follow me at your own risk.” This is the disclaimer Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff now displays as part of his Twitter bio in response to the recent ban of his website by the Turkish government. The artist recently sat down with Today’s Zuman to talk about the necessity of his craft and how...

Read more »

Oni Press Joins the Fight for Free Speech As CBLDF’s Newest Corporate Member!

February 4, 2016
By
Oni Press Joins the Fight for Free Speech As CBLDF’s Newest Corporate Member!

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to welcome Oni Press, Portland, Oregon’s premiere independent comic book publisher, as the organization’s newest corporate member! Building on a long history of support for the organization, Oni Press joins CBLDF with a renewed dedication to creators’ right...

Read more »

One Million Mom Attacks Lucifer by Boycotting Olive Garden

February 3, 2016
By
Lucifer TV

The American Family Association’s One Million Moms just won’t let Fox’s new series Lucifer air, this time by boycotting Olive Garden — one of the show’s sponsors. Based on a character from Neil Gaiman’s critically acclaimed Sandman comic series, the show follows a bored Lord of Hell and he leaves the underworld and ends up amusing himself by...

Read more »