Last night, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight aired a 15-minute segment, trying to get to the real story about the reported Persepolis ban. Barbara Jones, Executive Director of ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, joined Lane Tech students and a representative from the Chicago Teachers Union to talk about the ban. Click through for video of the segment.
Furor Continues Over PERSEPOLIS Removal
Friday saw the quick action of CBLDF and other free speech advocates in defense of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, which was reportedly removed from the classrooms and library of Lane Tech College Prep in the Chicago public school district at the…
CBLDF Rises To Defense of Persepolis
UPDATED: Persepolis Reportedly Banned In Chicago School
UPDATE: Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has responded to reports that Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis has been banned from Lane Tech College Prep and other Chicago-area schools. Byrd-Bennett stated that the book is not appropriate for seventh graders —…
Jaime Hernandez Personalizes Exclusive Print For CBLDF Members — Limited Time!
Jaime Hernandez, the legendary co-creator of Love & Rockets, takes the next step in CBLDF’s 2013 membership program by personalizing an exclusive letterpress print of his Lady Liberty mascot to members who join CBLDF by…
Get on Board THE MASSIVE With a Brian Wood Virtual Signing!
March 20th marks the launch of The Massive Volume 1, from Dark Horse Comics and New York Times best-selling author Brian Wood. To commemorate this release, Mr. Wood will be doing a virtual signing with the Comic Book Legal Defense…
Columnist Endorses Censorship After Zombie Binge
Steven J. Moss writes for The Potrero View, a tiny independent community publication that has seen distribution in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 40 years. As with any news and opinion publication, it enjoys the protection of…
Ninth Circuit Limits Search of Electronic Devices at U.S. Borders
Due to concerns over national security, government agents at the United States border have traditionally had greater leeway in regards to an individual’s Fourth Amendment rights, but recently there have…
Paris Museum Runs Afoul of Facebook Content Policies
French museum Jeu de Paume found itself the latest example of artistic institutions shut down by Facebook content policies for the photographic presence of that most dastardly body part, the female nipple. According to Gizmodo, the artwork, by early…
The Beginning of the End for Australian Comics Censorship
Regular CBLDF readers probably recall Joe Sergi’s post from last year about the birth of official comics censorship in Australia, where the gruesome crimes of Lone Avenger creator Len Lawson cast a pall over the entire industry for decades. Now…
ComiscPRO Auction Ends Today!
Bid now on some spectacular limited edition ComicsPRO comic books! These variant edition comic books — including hit titles like Nowhere Men, Nova, The Sixth Gun, The Black Beetle, and more — are given exclusively to members of the Comics…
Court Upholds Law that Led to Tucson Book Ban
The Huffington Post reports that a federal court judge has upheld most of the provisions Arizona’s HB 2281, “a law banning courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, foster racial resentment, are designed for students of a particular…
Bob Corn-Revere Wins First Amendment Victory for Photographer
Bob Corn-Revere — renown First Amendment defender and CBLDF’s general counsel — scored a victory for free speech this week in the case of photojournalist Mannie Garcia, who was arrested by authorities in Maryland after taking photos of police officers…
Carol Tilley on Her Wertham Research
A couple of weeks ago, researcher Carol Tilley proved to the world what many already suspected: anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham lacked supporting scientific evidence for his conclusions and even fabricated some of his data. This week, Tilley wrote an eloquent…
Limited Edition ComicsPRO Comics Up for Bid!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is fresh off our trip to Comics PRO (where we raised $20,000 in our live auction!), and we’re now auctioning some spectacular limited edition ComicsPRO comic books to our supporters! These variant edition comic…