Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, its themes and message resonating with new and familiar audiences alike. Between Atwood’s long awaited sequel, The Testaments, being released and the award-winning television series, it’s likely…
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5 Top Comics Censored This Decade
As 2019 is coming to a close, we’re looking back at the past decade of comics censorship. In the last ten years, comics have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity, unprecedented inclusion in schools, and a subsequent increase of censorship…
Support Free Expression with MONOGATARI Supernatural Light Novels by NISIOSIN
Head back to high school with 22 volumes of ghosts, vampires, and more with the hit illustrated MONOGATARI—Supernatural Light Novels by NISIOISIN by Kodansha! Pay what you want for digital, DRM-Free light novels and support the critical First Amendment work…
Author Invited to IL High School in Attempt to Amend Recent LGBTQ+ Censorship of Programming
Last month, award-winning children’s author Robin Stevenson had a planned event cancelled the night before due to LGBTQ+ historical figures in her book Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change. This week, Illinois State Representative Terra Costa…
Know Your Rights with CBLDF’s Newest Resource!
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund says students and teachers should “Know Your Rights” with this brand new, free printable resource of essential Supreme Court cases about student rights. Designed for easy printing, sharing and posting in classrooms, “Know Your Rights”…
All-Ages GNs Signed by Jeffrey Brown, Liniers, & More Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF supporters have the chance to make a donation and grab a signed copy of some great all-ages material! We’re offering some great titles for readers of all ages, including Lucy and Andy Neanderthal Volumes One, Two, and Three;…
November Webinars with CBLDF!
Managing Media—Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 1:00-2:00 pm PST Comic book stores are the industry’s front line, which often makes their employees the first people local media turns to when a comic book story comes up – the good ones…
JUST ANNOUNCED! Support CBLDF with the Dynamite’s 15th Anniversary Humble Bundle!
Celebrate Dynamite’s 15th year of publishing amazing titles and involvement with the comics community, by getting the latest amazing Humble Bundle. Get $850+ worth of comics for 98% off, that’s nearly 12,000 pages of stores from the source material for…
62 Years Later, Howl Still Causes Uproar and Avid Defense
Allen Ginsburg’s generation-defining poem Howl recently caused a challenge in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. According to the local news, the original complaint was never released, but a second parent took up the challenge, speaking out against the poem at a September…
CBLDF Calls Out Viewpoint Discrimination in Georgia Book Removal
Last week CBLDF joined with other partners in Kids’ Right to Read Project (KRRP), writing to Columbia County Superintendent Dr. Sandra Carraway in Georgia to express concern over three books pulled from their supplemental curriculum: Dear Martin by Nic Stone,…