Category: Education

Join Comics Retailers for Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week, the national celebration of the Freedom to Read is underway! Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a sponsor of Banned Books Week, and we will be joined in the celebration by members of ComicsPRO, the comics retailer…

Banned and Challenged Comics REVEALED!

Banned Books Week is upon us, and it’s telling that the event is more relevant than ever in its 30th year. Given their visual nature and the rampantly held misconception that comic books are for children, comics are among the…

ComicsPRO Retailers Celebrate Banned Books Week!

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…

Books Win Temporary Reprieve in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania school district has retained two challenged titles — Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Curtiss Sittenfeld’s Prep — on its high school reading list. However, the reprieve may be temporary, as the books were retained based on…

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 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…

Welcome to the New CBLDF.org!

Today the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to unveil the new and radically improved CBLDF.org!  With a daily news blog and a rich and growing Resources section, we strive to make CBLDF.org your best tool for information about…