How many times did your parents tell you to stop reading comic books or watching cartoons so you can read a “real book”? One researcher in Japan is telling parents to stop denying manga and anime to their children because…
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SDCC 2013: The CBLDF Panels!
Comic-Con International: San Diego is just around the corner, and CBLDF is ready to lay down some education with panels about comics censorship, banned comics, using comics to raise a reader, and the attacks on manga! Don’t forget our ever-popular live art jam! Details follow…
Blogger Labels Acclaimed YA Novel “Child Pornography”
In June, Laurel Nokomis School in Sarasota County, Florida, convened a committee of teachers, education professionals, and more to determine the fate of an award-winning novel that was being used in an 8th grade gifted language arts classroom. The board…
Librarian Bans Book to Teach Lesson About Censorship
Librarian Scott R. DiMarco is proud to admit that he banned a book from his library at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. But he isn’t an unapologetic censor — he did it to teach his community a lesson about “the…
SDCC Auction Update: TFAW Delivers for CBLDF
The crew at Things From Another World have been hard at work gathering artwork for CBLDF’s annual San Diego Comic-Con auction. Over the last several years, TFAW has helped raise more than $100,000 for CBLDF’s important First Amendment work, and…
Independence Day 2013: A Look at CBLDF’s Recent Victories
We’ve reached the midpoint of 2013, and the fact that it’s Independence Day is an important reminder of the principles on which our country was founded, not least of which is the First Amendment and its guarantee of free expression.…
Obscenity Case Files: Miller v. California
The First Amendment guarantees our right to free speech, but there are certain types of speech that fall outside of its protection. Obscenity is a type of unprotected speech, but what exactly is considered obscene in the eyes of the…
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein to Speak on Comics Censorship at San Diego Law Library
On July 16, 2013, from noon to 1:00 p.m., CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein will be taking part in the San Diego Law Library’s Lindley Lecture on Law & Comics 2013, an annual event that coincides with Comic-Con International and…
N.J. Proposal Calls for Distribution of Suspect Research on Video Games
Last December’s massacre at Sandy Hook elementary was a grim reminder that gun violence is an all too real issue that we are plagued with today. In addition to targeting gun control itself, both legislators and concerned citizens are constantly…
Rewards Zone Spotlight: CBLDF Exclusive Variant Covers
Among the many valuable and unique items available in the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Rewards Zone are some rare, limited variant cover editions of single issues. Many of these are available exclusively through CBLDF, so they’re perfect for collectors!…