Banned Books Week 2014 is coming up in less than a month, and this year the focus is on comics and graphic novels! As a sponsor of the annual week celebrating the freedom to read, CBLDF wants to hear from…
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Pennsylvania School Board Rescinds Ban of The Handmaid’s Tale
A Pennsylvania school board, which last month voted to ban Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale as a high school summer reading book, has reversed that decision at its subsequent meeting, the National Coalition Against Censorship has learned. As in so…
Don’t Miss CBLDF At Comica!
CBLDF’s Executive Director Charles Brownstein is in London this week to participate in the Comica Festival at the British Library. CBLDF will be set up with a table at the Comica Comiket, a one day marketplace featuring the most forward looking publishers…
Striking A Balance Between Intellectual Property Rights and Free Speech
With new social media and file sharing websites popping up almost every day, there is an ever-increasing concern with copyright and trademark infringement. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was introduced in order to help make it easier for these new…
RIP Dominic Postiglione
It’s with sadness that we note the passing of Dominic Postiglione, a partner at The Source Comics & Games serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN area, and a driving force behind the Midwest Comic Book Association, who annually host FallCon and SpringCon.…
In Defense of Smoking Scarecrows
Last week, we reported on the controversy that erupted over Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Scarecrows’ Wedding, which depicts a smoking scarecrow. Donaldson and Scheffler are also the creative force behind The Gruffalo, one of the most beloved children’s…
CBLDF Podcast Episode 5: BOOM! Studios’ ROSS RICHIE
In this episode, CBLDF Deputy Director Alex Cox sat down with Ross Richie, Founder and CEO of BOOM! Studios. Over the past few years, Ross has overseen BOOM! as it has grown into one of the most vibrant and diverse…
BOOM! Studios Partners with Humble Bundle to Benefit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios is proud to announce the launch today of the Humble BOOM! Bundle, a two-week initiative that will allow fans to pay what they want to download DRM-free digital copies of BOOM!…
Free Speech Groups Launch Cameron Post Essay Contest For Delaware High School Students In Response to Book Censorship
Eight organizations concerned about free speech and education are inviting high school students in Delaware to write a 250-500 word essay saying what they think school board members should know about Emily M. Danforth’s YA novel, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, before…
Looking for Alaska Retained in Waukesha, Two More Books Challenged
We have another good news/bad news situation in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where a school district review committee last week unanimously rejected a parental challenge to John Green’s Looking for Alaska. But the challengers plan to appeal that decision to the full…