This post builds on our previous analysis of the fundamental principles of the visa system with a more detailed examination of how border patrol and ICE officials could perceive specific comic-con activities. Since the tourism visa and ESTA travel for…
Attending a comic-con on a tourist visa or ESTA is a relatively low-risk endeavor for a fan with a hotel room who is just going to enjoy the experience. So long as you limit your activity to seeing panels and…
The recent detention of cartoonist Becky Burke and ongoing ICE raids exemplify the importance of understanding U.S. immigration law, which applies both to nonimmigrant temporary visitors and immigrants leaving their home countries to reside here permanently. The heightened degree of…
Now that convention season is well underway, one of the most frequent questions we’ve been hearing here at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is whether it’s safe for creators from other countries to go to comic-cons in the U.S.…
R.I.P. to legendary comics creator and former CBLDF board member Peter David, who understood.
The following is the CBLDF’s latest email update, sent to members earlier this month! _________________________ The past few months have been an absolute whirlwind. The surge in challenges to free expression through the the comic arts had been intense prior…
Confirmed! Texas House Bill 1375 will not become law unless it gets attached to a live bill. We’re still watching what happens with House consideration of Senate bills – SB20, which allows for an unconstitutional prosecution for possessing certain cartoons…
HB1375, the Texas bill that, if enacted, will authorize filing lawsuits against comic shops for selling graphic novels that anyone finds objectionable, made the House calendar at the last minute. This means that the bill will be considered tomorrow (Thursday,…
UPDATE (May 14): HB1375, the Texas bill that, if enacted, will authorize filing lawsuits against comic shops for selling graphic novels that anyone finds objectionable, made the House calendar at the last minute. This means that the bill will be…
Earlier this year, a challenge filed against Gender Queer, Fun Home, and Blankets resulted in their removal from the Radnor Township School District high school library in southeast Pennsylvania. Opponents of these graphic novels also filed a police report calling…