Banned Books Week, the national celebration of the Freedom to Read, starts this Sunday! Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a sponsor of Banned Books Week, and will be joined in the celebration by members of ComicsPRO, the comics retailer…
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Support CBLDF At Wizard World Ohio Comic Con!
This weekend come support the CBLDF at the Wizard World Ohio Comic Con! CBLDF’s Columbus based volunteer crew will be at Booth 123 with t-shirts, signed graphic novels, a raffle, and other thank you items for folks supporting the Fund’s…
U.S. National Archives Holdings Provide New Insight Into 1954 Anti-Comics Hearings
Happy National Comic Book Day! In honor of the occasion, the U.S. National Archives shared some wonderful items from their collection on their Facebook page. All became federal records in 1954, when they were presented to a Senate subcommittee which…
New York Free Speech Charities Team Up For Fifty Shades of Banned: A Celebration of Erotic Literature
On October 2, celebrate Banned Books Week with an evening of stirring readings from erotic classics at Fifty Shades of Banned: A Celebration of Erotic Literature. The event starts at 8 PM at the Village Pourhouse on 64 3rd Ave…
CBLDF Helps Defend Novels in Pennsylvania School District
Last week, CBLDF led the charge to keep the graphic novel SideScrollers on a school reading list. CBLDF also lent its support to two novels being challenged as “pornographic” by individuals in the East Penn School District in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.…
Meet Top Kids Graphic Novelists & CBLDF At Brooklyn Book Fest!
This Sunday, CBLDF is proud to host signings by Toon Books graphic novelists Nadja Spiegelman & Trade Loeffler of the Zig & Wikki series and Geoffrey Hayes of the Benny & Penny series at our booth at the Brooklyn Book…
Small Press Expo Shows Big Love For CBLDF!
Last weekend’s Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland was a record-setting event! Wall-to-wall attendance filled the exhibit hall on both days with some of the world’s greatest cartoonists and their readers who came out en masse. The CBLDF’s team was…
CBLDF Urges School District To Rescind Ban of SideScrollers
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and partner organizations in the Kids Right to Read Project today sent a letter to Enfield School District Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Schumann addressing concerns over the removal of Matthew Loux’s graphic novel SideScrollers from…
Arizona Bookstore Warms Up for Banned Books Week with Virtual Read-Out
As a former resident of Arizona, I was delighted to run across a Banned Books Week video produced by Bookmans, my favorite bookstore chain in the Grand Canyon State. It is especially poignant that the Arizona store produced the video,…
Meet Francoise Mouly, Bid On Art by Gilbert Shelton & Jeff Smith, & More At SPX!
If it’s the beginning of Fall, that means it’s time for the annual pilgrimage to SPX, the annual festival that’s Mecca for all things art comics! CBLDF will be there with a benefit auction, and a booth boasting signings by…