A high school junior in Morristown, New Jersey, is finding himself in the limelight after his satirical portrait of President Donald Trump was removed from his school’s annual art show. Morristown High School student Liam Shea said that Principal Mark Manning…
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Retail Member Spotlight: Green Brain Comics
CBLDF’s work is possible because of our members, which include comics retailers such as Katie and Dan Merritt of Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan. For the latest issue of CBLDF Defender, we grabbed a moment with Dan and Katie…
New Batwoman & More GNs Signed By Greg Rucka, J.H. Williams III, and Klaus Janson!
This week CBLDF is offering the brand-new Batwoman TP, signed by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III; Batman: Death & the Maidens HC, signed by Greg Rucka and Klaus Janson; Tales of the Batman HC, signed by J.H. Williams III; Wonder Woman TP, signed by Greg Rucka and J.G. Jones; and many more! Keep reading or follow the…
Awards & Nominations Pile Up for Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Singapore’s government may not have appreciated Sonny Liew’s graphic history The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, but everyone else certainly does! Despite losing a promised National Arts Council publishing grant due to “sensitive content” just before the book’s initial…
Support Charity and Sample the Industry’s Best With the Humble Comics Bundle: Eisner Nominees 2017 Showcase!
Humble Bundle and the comics industry’s finest publishers are teaming up for a new digital comics bundle, sampling the 2017 Eisner Award nominees to support charity! The Humble Comics Bundle: Eisner Nominees 2017 Showcase features over $198 of original content…
NOW AVAILABLE: CBLDF Defender Vol. 2 #2, Featuring Marc Andreyko & Gene Luen Yang!
CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the latest issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology, and right here at CBLDF.org!…
Moscow Librarian Receives Four-Year Suspended Sentence for ‘Extremist’ Literature
Natalya Sharina, the former director of Moscow’s Library of Ukrainian Literature who has been under house arrest since her home and library were raided by police in October 2015, has been convicted of “inciting hatred against Russians” and given a…
The Humble Sekai Project Bundle Benefits Charity, Including CBLDF!
The Humble Sekai Project Bundle offers up to $289 worth of visual novel titles like NEKOPARA Vol. 2, Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition, and more — many fully voiced in Japanese — to benefit CBLDF, Doctors Without Borders, and…
10 Banned and Challenged Comics for Summer Reading!
Happy June! With summer unofficially underway, here are some challenged and banned comics to read at the beach or on those lazy backyard hammock days. Signed copies of several of these titles are available in our Rewards Zone, so we’ve…
Russian Prosecutors Seek Suspended Sentence for Library Director
Russian prosecutors are seeking a 5-year suspended sentence for Natalya Sharina, the former director of Moscow’s Ukrainian Literature Library who stands accused of embezzlement and “inciting racial hatred.” Russian law prohibits the “‘mass dissemination’ of materials that the government designates ‘extremist’” and the country…