Last week the Leander Public Library canceled a much-anticipated event featuring transgender comics author and advocate, Lilah Sturges, just two hours before it was slated to begin. According to the Hill Country News, the library emailed Sturges to notify her…
Author: Patricia Mastricolo
Comic Con Starts Now! Make Your First Stop Booth #1918!
Come Hang with CBLDF for New Programming, Exclusives, and the Top Party in San Diego! CBLDF’s Booth #1918 The 50th San Diego Comic-Con is starting today, and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has a lot of rewards, exclusives,…
Get Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy with JABberwocky Humble Bundle and Support Free Speech!
JABberwocky Literary Agency, the leading genre agency for Sci-Fi & Fantasy authors, has teamed up with Humble Bundle to create an awesome book bundle for everyone. Starting at $1, grab awesome E-Books like Deathstalker Legacy, Servants of the Underworld, Prime…
Get Ready for Comic-Con with CBLDF!
Your guide to Free Expression at the biggest comic convention of the year. The 50th annual Comic-Con starts this week, and here’s a quick breakdown of CBLDF events you need to RSVP for, where to go, and what to add to…
Just Announced! CBLDF Comic-Con Auction, Open to All!
CBLDF Comic-Con Auction Sponsored by IDW Publishing Live Art by Gabriel Rodriguez Keynote by Paul Levitz Saturday, July 20, Hilton Bayfront, Sapphire AB Register to Bid: cbldfauction2019.eventbrite.com Join IDW Publishing to support Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s Comic-Con Auction, happening Saturday, July 20,…
Love Is Love: An Inside Look At the Banning of an LGBTQ+ Comic
Recently Anna Waugh, an English teacher in Texas, wrote a piece offering an inside glimpse of the process that led to her old school banning the comic anthology Love is Love. It is an upsetting look at the bigotry that…
Take This Quick Survey and Help CBLDF Today!
Teachers! Help CBLDF and be entered to win a classroom comics library! There’s still time to take CBLDF’s survey about comics in the classroom! This quick questionnaire asks teachers to help us understand how they’re using comics in schools, and what new…
Fight Club 2, Avengers Vault, and Deadpool Among Banned Comics in OR Prisons
In late June The Salem Reporter released a list of over 1,600 titles that have been banned in Oregon prisons, including volumes of Deadpool, Preacher, The Avengers , and the graphic novel Fight Club 2 . Also on the list…
CBLDF 2019 Summer Update is Here! Read it for Free Today
It’s hard to believe but 2019 is half over, and this year has been filled to the brim with exciting news at CBLDF. If you want to keep up with what’s going on at the front lines of free expression,…
CBLDF Retailer Spotlight: Rebel Base Comics & Toys
In honor of the 4th of July, CBLDF Retailer Spotlight falls on Rebel Base Comics and Toys in Charlotte, North Carolina, because what were the founding fathers if not Rebels fighting against the Empire? Like a proper secret base, the…