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Vendor: DC Vertigo |
Signed by Neil Gaiman, CBLDF Board Member and recipient of the Defender of Liberty Award! THE SANDMAN: A GAME OF YOU tells a fascinating tale of lost childhood dreams and the power that they ca... | |
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Vendor: DC Vertigo |
Signed by Neil Gaiman, CBLDF Board Member and recipient of the Defender of Liberty Award! During Morpheus's incarceration, three dreams escaped the Dreaming and are now loose in the waking worl... | |
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Vendor: DC Vertigo |
Signed by Neil Gaiman, CBLDF Board Member and recipient of the Defender of Liberty Award! Reminiscent of the legendary Canterbury Tales, THE SANDMAN: WORLDS' END is a wonderful potpourri of engr... | |
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Vendor: DC Vertigo |
Signed by Neil Gaiman, CBLDF Board Member and recipient of the Defender of Liberty Award! The third book of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. In each of these... | |
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Vendor: DC Vertigo |
Signed by Neil Gaiman, CBLDF Board Member and recipient of the Defender of Liberty Award! The critically acclaimed THE SANDMAN: FABLES AND REFLECTIONS continues the fantastical epic of Morpheus... | |
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Vendor: DC Vertigo |
Signed by Neil Gaiman, CBLDF Board Member and recipient of the Defender of Liberty Award! Neil Gaiman's "The Kindly Ones" is collected for the first time in one incredible 352-page hardcover boo... | |
In light of the devastating news last week that Islamic State extremists apparently burned part or all of the public library collection in the Iraqi city of Mosul, CBLDF general counsel Robert Corn-Revere contributed a comprehensive overview of book burnings throughout history that was published on the Daily Beast. From the destruction of the great…
The Kansas Senate last week passed a bill that could send teachers to jail if they expose students to material deemed “harmful to minors.” While proponents say the intention is to shield children from pornography, critics fear that the overbroad statute could criminalize many legitimate topics of study, from literature to art to biology. In…
The critically acclaimed comic collection Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez is being called “child porn” by the mother of a high school student in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and the book may have already been removed from a library collection in defiance of school district policy. Sadly, unbiased details are difficult to come by so far,…
In 2006, Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani was arrested and imprisoned for three months for drawing a children’s cartoon. In his memoir An Iranian Metamorphosis, he tells the surreal tale of his detention and eventual exile from his native country — an extreme example of the difficulties faced by cartoonists all over the world. Originally published…
This week our neighbors to the north are celebrating Freedom to Read Week! Much like Banned Books Week in the U.S., this is “an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” The week is organized by…
Following the recent revelation of new details regarding the Chicago Public Schools’ 2013 classroom ban of Persepolis, CBLDF got in touch with Library & Information Science graduate student Jarrett Dapier, who used the Freedom of Information Act to secure the release of emails among CPS administrators about the book. In the interview below, we talk…
Free speech lost a prime defender recently with the death of Herald Price Fahringer, the lawyer who over a more than 50-year career represented clients such as Larry Flynt and Screw magazine’s Al Goldstein. While abstaining from most vice himself, Fahringer was firmly committed to the principle that “freedom is only meaningful if it includes…
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein recently lent his expertise to an episode of the radio show You Are Here on Boston’s WERS 88.9 FM. Take a listen below as host Phillip Jones speaks to Brownstein and others about worldwide challenges and bans of graphic novels and picture books! The 13-minute episode focuses primarily on challenges…
A graduate student’s research is throwing new light on Chicago Public Schools officials’ 2013 effort to remove Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis from libraries and classrooms throughout the district. Emails released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request and first reported in the Chicago Reader last week confirm what seemed incredible to observers at the…
In this episode, CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein talks to former CBLDF Executive Director Susan Alston about the early days of the Fund! We discuss: Mike Diana, Paul Mavrides, social media, the Supreme Court, and much more. In support of our ongoing education work, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is now part of the…