Author: Jeff Trexler

CBLDF @ WonderCon

Join us this weekend at WonderCon for two panels on cutting-edge issues in comics culture! Saturday, March 29, at 1pm in Room 213CD: What’s Next for Comics Censorship, with the CBLDF’s Jeff Trexler, San Diego State University Lecturer Mary Stout,…

Legal update: Texas Senate Bill 20

Lock chained to fence in front of capitol building

Thanks to everyone who has sent us reports on new Texas & Alabama legislation that could have a significant chilling effect on comics, graphic novels, and manga.

Graphic novels targeted in Florida SB1692 legislation

The Florida Senate’s new version of anti-graphic-novel bill SB1692 refocuses its attack on comic images. One of the key points in the CBLDF’s successful defense against the attempt to find Gender Queer obscene in Virginia was our argument that the…

Visas and Comics Creators, Pt. 2: B-1, B-2, Be Careful

Image of an online nonimmigrant visa application

Since yesterday’s post, news of Becky Burke’s return to the U.K. has at least signalled the end of her detention by ICE, though in an ideal world she would have been neither detained nor forced to leave. As we now…

Visas and Comic Creators, Pt. 1

Border Patrol logo from the public domain 1951 Border Patrol comic book

The detention of cartoonist Becky Burke by U.S. immigration officials is a potent reminder of the complexity and rigor of U.S. visa laws.  We’re relieved to learn that her family has been able to secure legal assistance – we were…

Holiday update

CBLDF logo - statue of liberty with flag on which CBLDF is written

Happy holidays from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! As 2024 draws to a close, all of us at the CBLDF want to take a moment to thank you for your commitment to safeguarding the future of the medium we…

CBLDF signings at NYCC – and more!

Announcement of the 10/17 from 2-3pm signing of U.S. v. Comics at New York Comic-Con by creators ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is at New York Comic-Con in Artist Alley booth HB902, with new merch, a limited-edition signed print for Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe, a new legal guide, our annual panel on comic bans, and…

Banned Books Week Update

EC publisher Bill Gaines testifying in US Senate Hearings on Juvenile Deliquency in 1954

This week, the Attorney General’s office for the state of Texas observed Banned Books Week by taking my deposition in Book People et al. v. Morath, the case in which the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and other plaintiffs are…