Mount Horeb Area School District in Wisconsin canceled a reading of the children’s book I Am Jazz after the Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian nonprofit, threatened the district with a lawsuit. Dylan Brogan reported on the removal of I Am…
Author: Betsy Gomez
Kick Off the Holidays with CBLDF Defender #4!
CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the fourth issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology,…
Removal of Paintings from Government Building Raises First Amendment Concerns
National American Indian Heritage Month runs throughout the month of November, and Washington Department of Labor and Industries in Tumwater, Washington, participated with an art exhibit featuring work by Native artists. But a decision to remove some pieces from the…
Parents Demand Book Ban in Minnesota
Parents of a sixth grader in Rosemount, Minnesota, are demanding the removal of Just One Day by Gayle Forman from all district libraries, citing “a graphic sex scene, underage drinking [and] date rape” as reasons for the removal. Erin Adler…
Two Federal Prisoners Face Additional Time for Possession of Comics
Two men serving time for child pornography charges in a federal prison in Seagoville, Texas, are now facing additional obscenity charges over the possession of drawings depicting the sexual abuse of minors. Kevin Krause with The Dallas Morning News reports…
Help Dynamite Comics Creators Support CBLDF at New Jersey Comic Expo this Weekend!
This weekend, comics fans will flock to the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center to celebrate comics at the New Jersey Comic Expo! CBLDF can’t make it, but Dynamite Entertainment is going to extra mile for the Fund by asking…
Good Grief! Humble Bundle Books Adds More Titles to Peanuts Bundle to Benefit Charity, Including CBLDF
Last week, Humble helped kick off the holiday season with the Humble Comics Bundle: Peanuts. This week, the holiday season is even sweeter with the addition of two more titles to this exciting collection! Collecting Peanuts comics from BOOM! Studios…
Join CBLDF this Weekend at Comic Arts Brooklyn!
This weekend, join CBLDF for Comic Arts Brooklyn, a free annual celebration of comics and cartoon art presented by Desert Island! On Saturday, November 7, join CBLDF from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Mt. Carmel Gymnasium (12 Havemeyer…
CBLDF Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Decision Giving Celebrities Veto Power Over Speech
This week, CBLDF joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Organization for Transformative Works to ask the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s decision that gives celebrities veto power over creative works featuring depictions of them and to untangle…
CBLDF Joins First Amendment Lawsuit that Challenges Louisiana’s Online Age-Verification Law
Booksellers and publishers filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new Louisiana law that requires websites to age-verify every Internet user before providing access to non-obscene material that could be deemed harmful to any minor. The lawsuit was brought by…