This past June, worlds collided in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a dazzling variety of Quantum & Woody artists descended on Heroes Con, found our booth, and began drawing on a blank pad of paper. Today is your last chance to…
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More BOOM! For Your Buck In Latest Humble Bundle Update
Award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios is proud to announce the addition of four more titles to the Humble BOOM! Bundle, which enters its second week today. The initiative allows fans to pay what they want to…
In Defense of Smoking Scarecrows
Last week, we reported on the controversy that erupted over Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Scarecrows’ Wedding, which depicts a smoking scarecrow. Donaldson and Scheffler are also the creative force behind The Gruffalo, one of the most beloved children’s…
Brunswick County Superintendent Stands Behind Part-Time Indian
This week, Superintendent Edward Pruden released a letter that he sent to Frances Wood, the woman who is leading a campaign against Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian in Brunswick County, North Carolina. In the letter,…
CBLDF Executive Director to Speak About the Comics Code at London’s Orbital Comics
Next week, CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein takes the fight for the freedom to read to London, where he’ll speak at the British Library on August 17. At 7:30 p.m. on August 14, he’ll join comics fans at Orbital Comics…
CBLDF Podcast Episode 5: BOOM! Studios’ ROSS RICHIE
In this episode, CBLDF Deputy Director Alex Cox sat down with Ross Richie, Founder and CEO of BOOM! Studios. Over the past few years, Ross has overseen BOOM! as it has grown into one of the most vibrant and diverse…
BOOM! Studios Partners with Humble Bundle to Benefit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios is proud to announce the launch today of the Humble BOOM! Bundle, a two-week initiative that will allow fans to pay what they want to download DRM-free digital copies of BOOM!…
CBLDF Executive Director Takes Fight for the Right to Read to London
On August 17, CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein will take CBLDF’s fight for the freedom to read on another international trip, this time to the United Kingdom for “Sex, Censorship and Sensibility” at the British Library Conference Centre in London.…
SDCC Exclusives and More Now in CBLDF Reward Zone!
Maybe you couldn’t make it to SDCC. Or you were too busy to come by the CBLDF booth. Never fear: The few remaining CBLDF Comic-Con exclusives are now available in the CBLDF Rewards Zone! Now you can fight for free…
Free Speech Groups Launch Cameron Post Essay Contest For Delaware High School Students In Response to Book Censorship
Eight organizations concerned about free speech and education are inviting high school students in Delaware to write a 250-500 word essay saying what they think school board members should know about Emily M. Danforth’s YA novel, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, before…