Ronald Clark, a man from Auckland, New Zealand, has been sentenced to three months jail and may be further sentenced to 10 years of supervision and penalties. His crime: watching Japanese anime featuring pixies, elves, trolls, and other fantasy characters…
Author: Betsy Gomez
Susan Alston Recalls Early Days of CBLDF
Susan Alston has a long history with CBLDF. The Fund’s first Executive Director, a former Board of Directors member, and now a member of the CBLDF Advisory Board, Alston has watched the Fund grow from a tiny operation that ran…
MAKE GOOD ART Poster Benefits CBLDF
In a recent post on his personal blog, CBLDF Advisory Board member Chip Kidd related a pretty cool story about an Australian cartoonist, Neil Gaiman, and a poster of Gaiman’s famous speech about making good art. Kidd writes: Back in…
CBLDF Board Member Dale Cendali Named One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America
Congratulations to CBLDF Board of Directors Secretary Dale Cendali, who was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by The National Law Journal! In their synopsis about Cendali, The National Law Journal describes just a few of…
Party with CBLDF and Threadless During C2E2!
C2E2 is just around the corner, so now’s the time to make your party plans! Your favorite t-shirt guru and ours, Threadless, is throwing CBLDF the biggest party of the weekend. If you aren’t at Threadless HQ (1260 W. Madison…
What the Saga #12 Controversy Says About Self-Censorship
Last week, comics fans and internet denizens raged at Apple over the alleged ban of Saga #12, presumably over graphic images of homosexual sex. The truth proved to be more complicated — and potentially more concerning — than many were…
Salt Lake City Gets Nerdy for CBLDF During SLC Nerd!
On Saturday, April 20, Salt Lake City will play host to a community festival for all things nerdy, from science to science fiction during SLC Nerd! Amidst music, gaming, cosplay, and more, SLC Nerd will hold the Comic Book Legal…
CBLDF Executive Director Helps Keep Toronto Reading
Join CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at the North York Central Library in Toronto (5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M2N 5N9) for Keep Toronto Reading: Graphically Speaking — Dirty Comics, a spirited discussion…
CBLDF Raises New Defense of Persepolis
Chicago Public Schools may think their letter regarding the attempted ban of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis provides an adequate defense for their actions, but today’s letter from the Kids Right to Read Project unquestionably eviscerates CPS’s argument. CBLDF is a sponsor…
Marjane Satrapi Wants to Know What CPS Fears About Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi wrote Persepolis not just to share her personal experiences growing up in Iran but also to make human the people of a country that has been otherwise vilified around the globe. Satrapi recently spoke with Khury Petersen-Smith with…