Last Week Comix Experience, a landmark San Francisco comics shop, enjoyed an unexpected visit from London Breed, the city’s current mayor. There to discuss the trials and tribulations facing small businesses with owner Brian Hibbs. Breed found some extra…
Category: Education
You’re Invited to CBLDF’s Popular Retailer Webinar on Working with Schools and Libraries
Whether you’re a local comics shop owner, a future comics retailer, or an independent bookseller, you’ll want to check out CBLDF’s popular webinar that offers insight into creating a relationship with schools and libraries in your community. This webinar offers…
CBLDF Retailer Webinars
CBLDF is excited to announce three retailer webinars for November 2019! Our webinar series is intended to provide practical advice, strategies, and resources to help comics retailers better serve their communities. Register now to be a part of these valuable…
CBLDF to be Recognized by New York Library Association
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce that we will be among those honored this year for the Intellectual Freedom Award at the 126th Annual New York Library Conference and Trade Show in Saratoga Springs this November 15th.…
CBLDF’s Comics In Education Survey Reveals Top Comics in Schools & A Broad Embrace of the Format
Portland, Oregon 10/2/2019 — Results of a survey released today by Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the industry’s leading voice for free speech advocacy and education, offers concrete evidence of what has been long been believed true but unverified: teachers…
Show Off Your Free Expression with CBLDF This Inktober
Join CBLDF this October is a special drawing challenge aimed at daily creativity, community, and free expression! Inktober is an Instagram tradition for the month of October that anyone can participate in. Designed to flex and improve drawing skills, plus…
Keep the Light On All Year Long: 12 Banned Comics Reading List
As Banned Books Week draws to a close, it’s crucial to remember that this celebration is to draw attention to the challenges and bans that happen all year long. To keep the spirit of free expression going from this Banned…
History of Comics Censorship, Week Six
Editor’s Note: This resource is the six-part of series based on one of CBLDF’s most popular presentations about the history of comics censorship. We’ll be posting a segment each week leading up to and including Banned Books Week, September 22…
Graphic Novelist & Educator Lynda Barry Named MacArthur Genius
The prestigious MacArthur Foundation has recognized one of the stand out voices in the comics community with a 2019 Genius Grant. Lynda Barry is the creator behind One! Hundred! Demons!, What It Is, The Good Times Are Killing Me, and…
Support CBLDF With Books Signed by Floyd Norman, Scott McCloud, & More!
You can support CBLDF and learn about the finer points of comics and their creators with this week’s featured premiums! We’re offering signed books about what goes into creating comics, as well as anthologies that collect the work and stories of the creators behind…