Category: Community

New CBLDF Webinar Addressing Barriers to Comics

Developing a Classroom Collection 101: Addressing Barriers to Comics Friday, August 16, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PST  Do you want to develop a comics and graphic novel collection for your classroom or library, but don’t know where…

Time is Running Out to Take CBLDF Survey and Win Comics!

Teachers! Help CBLDF today and be automatically entered to win a classroom comics library! There’s still time to take CBLDF’s survey about comics in the classroom! This quick questionnaire asks teachers to help us understand how they’re using comics in schools, and…

3 Months Later, Musa Kart Still Unjustly Incarcerated

Cartooning is not a crime, #FreeMusa This week marked the three-months since award-winning editorial cartoonist Musa Kart voluntarily turned himself into jail following miscarriages of justice, trumped-up charges, and a decade long harassment campaign from Turkish President Erdoğan. Kart and his…

Celebrate 2019 Eisner Winners With GNs Signed by Tom King, Pénélope Bagieu, Wendy Pini, & More!

This week our supporters can join CBLDF in celebrating this year’s Eisner Award winners by donating to receive graphic novels signed by their acclaimed creators! We’ve got a great selection of titles, including: Vision HC, Mister Miracle TP, and more, all signed by Tom King; Brazen SC and California…

Texas Councilwoman Calls for #JusticeForLilah

Leander, TX Councilwoman Christine Sederquist took to Twitter last night to voice her support of transgender comics author Lilah Sturges as well as her frustration at her own city council. Sederquist criticized recent interference from the city that caused the…

7 Days Left! Discover New Worlds with Sci-Fi Book Bundle and Support CBLDF!

Humble Bundle has teamed up with JABberwocky Literary Agency for our newest bundle! Get ebooks like Servant of the Underworld, The Hidden Masters of Marandur, Shadow’s Son, and February Thaw all while supporting free expression!    This is the last week to get a Humble Book…

Leander Librarians Say, Yes – Cancellation of Lumberjanes Event is Discrimination from City Council

Last week CBLDF protested the abrupt cancellation of popular comics author, Lilah Sturges, just two hours before she was scheduled to talk about Lumberjanes at Leander Public Library in Texas. The city gave inadequate reasons, claiming temporary changes to library event…

Support Free Expression at Comic-Con with CBLDF!

  The 50th San Diego Comic-Con began Thursday and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has a lot of rewards, exclusives, new programming, and amazing events to give you a chance to join the fight for free expression. Make sure to…