Author: Betsy Gomez

Humble Launches New “Forbidden” Books Bundle in Honor of Banned Books Week to Benefit CBLDF!

Humble Bundle is proud to announce the Humble Book Bundle: Forbidden Books supporting Banned Books Week. This limited digital promotion is offered in support of Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a member of the Banned Books Week Coalition. The bundle…

THIS WEEKEND: CBLDF Has Signings, Debuts, and More in Store for SPX!

This weekend, comics fans converge in Bethesda, Maryland, for the Small Press Expo, the annual celebration of independent comics and their creators! CBLDF will be on hand at table W84-87 with books and signings by Jeffrey Brown, Charles Burns, Ben Hatke,…

Now Available: CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2016!

Banned Books Week is happening September 25 – October 1, and CBLDF is delighted to release the latest edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook to help you celebrate! A resource anyone can use to plan a Banned Books Week celebration…

Now Available: CBLDF Defender #7!

Defender #7

CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the seventh issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology, and right here at CBLDF.org!…

Portland: Kick Off Rose City Comic Con in Style with CBLDF, Ninkasi Brewing, TFAW, and Wacom!

Co-hosted by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Ninkasi Brewing, Things From Another World, and Wacom Americas, this year’s Rose City Comic Con Kickoff Party is going to be bigger and better than ever! Mark your calendars for Friday, September 9 from 6-10pm at the…

MADNESS: The Humble MAD Magazine Bundle Expands to Benefit CBLDF

      Humble Bundle goes totally MAD! Inspired by MAD’s gap-toothed grinning mascot Alfred E. Neuman, Humble Bundle has agreed to lower their usual high standards to present a one-of-a-kind bundle featuring 35 ridiculous issues and a 1-year digital subscription to…

Get Ready for Banned Books Week!

It’s Labor Day, a celebration of America’s workers and the unofficial end of the summer and start of the school year. It also means we’re only three weeks way from the annual celebration of the right to read, Banned Books…

The Humble Magazine Bundle: MAD Magazine Presented by DC Entertainment, Benefitting CBLDF

Humble Bundle goes totally MAD! Inspired by MAD’s gap-toothed grinning mascot Alfred E. Neuman, Humble Bundle has agreed to lower their usual high standards to present a one-of-a-kind bundle featuring 35 ridiculous issues and a 1-year digital subscription to MAD, the world’s…

RETAILERS: Engage Your Community with the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook! FOC’s 8/15!

Retailers: Engage your community during Banned Books week with the 2016 edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook! Stock up now — the Handbook FOC’s on Monday, August 15 (Diamond order code JUL161460)! This year’s Banned Books Week celebrates diversity, and…

British Citizen Detained at Airport for Reading Book

On July 25, authorities in the U.K. detained a Muslim citizen at an airport after a cabin crew member reported her for “suspicious activity.” That activity? Reading a book celebrating the freedom of expression in Syria. Faizah Shaheen was returning…