Celebrate the start of Banned Books Week by supporting Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at the Brooklyn Books Festival, this Sunday, September 22, at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza! CBLDF will be on hand with signed premiums and a special…
Author: Betsy Gomez
Charles Brownstein on CBLDF Presents Manga
Brigid Alverson with MTV Geek recently sat down with CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein to discuss CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices, a definitive handbook about manga for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who has an interest in…
Banned Books Week: Resources for Educators and Librarians
Banned Books Week starts this weekend, and one way to help prevent challenges and bans is to make sure you’re informed! CBLDF has a number of resources that inform librarians and educators about comic books and graphic novels, and ways…
CBLDF Talks Banned Comics at Berkeley Public Library
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, join CBLDF at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Berkeley Public Library South Branch (1901 Russell, Berkeley, CA) for “Banned Comics in America,” a presentation by CBLDF Web Editor Betsy Gomez. A…
Banned Books Week Heroes Unveiled During Virtual Read-out
Readers from across the United States and around the world will demonstrate their support for free speech by participating in a Virtual Read-Out of banned and challenged books during Banned Books Week, Sept. 22 – 28, a time when the…
North Carolina School System Bans Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
Give the rate at which schools are banning books this week, you wouldn’t think Banned Books Week is just around the corner. However, it’s happened again, this time in Randolph County, North Carolina. On Monday night, the Randolph County Board…
Arizona High School Pulls Acclaimed Book Over Sexual Content
The Sierra Vista, Arizona, school district pulled copies of Dreaming in Cuban, the National Book Award finalist written by Cristina Garcia, from classrooms after a parent complained about sexual content in the book. The book was removed from classrooms when…
In Wake of Tragic Shooting, Video Games Blamed
The country is still reeling from the tragic shooting at the D.C. Navy Yard, and in the short span of time that has followed, video games quickly became a focus of discussion, with outlets such as Fox News and The…
Support Free Speech at TFAW’S CBLDF Liberty Annual 2013 Signing!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has fought for the First Amendment Rights of the comics community since 1986. Now here’s your chance to join the fight for free speech at Things From Another World’s CBLDF Liberty Annual 2013 signing and membership…
Tokyo Olympics Emboldens Censors
Japan will host the 2020 summer Olympics, and this world stage puts Japan in a spotlight that may ultimately harm the free expression of manga and anime in the country. Any nation that hosts an Olympic event works to put…