It may come as a surprise, but the freedom of speech laid out by the First Amendment doesn’t actually include all forms of speech. Roth v. United States is a landmark case that held that obscene speech was a category…
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Now Available in the Rewards Zone: SDCC 2013 Premiums!
The CBLDF Team just got back from a hugely successful (and deliriously fun) trip to San Diego for Comic-Con International, but we’re not going to let a little jet-lag stop us from making the premiums we debuted at SDCC 2013…
Adult Anxieties Over Young Adult Fiction Endure
Every once in a while, some blogger or columnist garners a lot of pageviews by rekindling the simmering debate as to whether Young Adult fiction has become “too dark.” Two years ago, for example, this hand-wringing column from the Wall…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Challenged Again
If you’re experiencing déjà vu right now, don’t worry because we are too! Just over a month after The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky was restored to classrooms in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, the popular teen novel’s inclusion…
SDCC 2013: Sunday Events with CBLDF
Panels CBLDF’s Banned Comics Jam! Sunday, July 21 • 12:15pm – 1:45pm • Room 5AB Celebrate Banned Comics with Jeffrey Brown (Darth Vader and Son), Chris Burnham (Batman Incorporated), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), and special guests…
SDCC 2013: Saturday Events with CBLDF
Panels CBLDF Presents: Defending Manga Saturday, July 20 • 12:00pm – 1:00pm • Room 30CDE For those in the know, manga is a powerful form of storytelling that has its roots in Japan but reaches out to speak to the…
A Third of Americans Believe First Amendment Goes Too Far
The Newseum Institute released the results of their annual survey about the First Amendment this week, revealing a disturbing statistic: 34% of the people surveyed believe the First Amendment goes too far. Sponsored by the First Amendment Center, the Newseum…
SDCC 2013: Friday Events with CBLDF
Panels CBLDF: Raising a Reader Friday, July 19 • 12:00pm – 1:00pm • Room 30CDE An all-star panel of kids comics creators and educators discuss ways to get children excited about reading, encourage creativity, and cultivate a love of literature…
The Bluest Eye Challenged in Colorado School District
One of the most frequently challenged and banned books of the past decade is again under fire, as some parents in Adams County, Colorado, have launched an online petition asking their school district to remove Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye…
Canadian “Anti-comics” Law Used to Prosecute Website Owner
A 1949 law passed to prevent the corrupting influence of comic books is being used in Edmonton, Canada, to prosecute the owner of a website that posted a video showing the alleged murder and dismemberment of Chinese exchange student Jun…