Join CBLDF in San Francisco June 26 – 29 for the American Library Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibition! We’ll be at booth 211 with the debut of the 2015 edition of CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook, the second issue of…
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ComicMix’s Tweeks Challenge Kids and Parents to Read Challenged Comics This Summer!
Twin tween geeks Maddy and Anya Ernst, aka the Tweeks, just announced their Challenged Graphic Novel Reading Challenge on the ComicMix website, and their summer reading list is chock full of amazing graphic novels that have been attacked by censors!…
Be a Free Speech Superhero with CBLDF At HeroesCon This Weekend!
CBLDF is returning to Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend for HeroesCon 2015! You can be a #comicdefender with CBLDF at booth 1222! Heroes Convention was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum, the owner of Charlotte’s Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find…
Be a Free Speech Superhero with CBLDF At HeroesCon, June 19-21!
CBLDF is returning to Charlotte, North Carolina, June 19 – 21, 2015, where we are excited to be exhibiting at HeroesCon 2015 booth 1222! Heroes Convention was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum, the owner of Charlotte’s Heroes Aren’t Hard…
Comix Legend Bill Griffith on Breaking Taboos in the Industry
“Are we having fun yet?” In the late 1960s, the Underground Comix Movement emerged, and alongside it, the likes of R. Crumb, Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman, and more, including Bill Griffith — creator of Zippy the Pinhead and practicing advocate…
Get Ready for Comic-Con with Raina Telgemeier at the San Diego Central Library!
Raina Telgemeier, the best-selling author of Smile, Sisters, and Drama is coming to the San Diego Central Library, in downtown San Diego, on Tuesday, July 7 at 6:00 PM for “An Evening With Raina,” a free event to help you get ready…
CBLDF Rocks Out at Comicpalooza This Weekend!
If you’re in the Houston, Texas, area this Memorial Day weekend, don’t miss CBLDF at Comicpalooza! We’ll be set up at booth #505 May 22 – 25 with signed premiums, membership goodies, and more to support our work fighting for…
CBLDF Climbs the Mountain to Fight Censorship at DENVER COMIC CON!
This weekend, get a mile high with CBLDF at Denver Comic Con! Come visit us at booth #1202 during May 23-25 in Denver, Colorado, to help us protect the right to read! You can support free speech by donating for…
The Handmaid’s Tale Under Attack in Oregon School
Despite claiming she is “not a book banner,” an Oregon parent has launched a crusade against Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, claiming the book is too sexually explicit and violent for seniors in AP English to handle.…
Charter School Censors Penguin Play
Canceling the show was “the best thing for our community.” This was a statement given by a parent regarding the unanimous decision to cancel a showing of the play And Then Came Tango at Sierra Foothill Charter School near Fresno,…