Thursday letters arrived in Leander, Texas from local and national organization all clamoring for the city council to respect their commitment to the First Amendment. CBLDF was among the first to raise the alarm after an event with renowned comics…
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Support Free Expression at Comic-Con with CBLDF!
The 50th San Diego Comic-Con began Thursday and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has a lot of rewards, exclusives, new programming, and amazing events to give you a chance to join the fight for free expression. Make sure to…
TX Cancels Lumberjanes Event With LGBTQ+ Author, CBLDF Demands it Rescheduled
Last week the Leander Public Library canceled a much-anticipated event featuring transgender comics author and advocate, Lilah Sturges, just two hours before it was slated to begin. According to the Hill Country News, the library emailed Sturges to notify her…
Get Ready for Comic-Con with CBLDF!
Your guide to Free Expression at the biggest comic convention of the year. The 50th annual Comic-Con starts this week, and here’s a quick breakdown of CBLDF events you need to RSVP for, where to go, and what to add to…
Love Is Love: An Inside Look At the Banning of an LGBTQ+ Comic
Recently Anna Waugh, an English teacher in Texas, wrote a piece offering an inside glimpse of the process that led to her old school banning the comic anthology Love is Love. It is an upsetting look at the bigotry that…
Take This Quick Survey and Help CBLDF Today!
Teachers! Help CBLDF and be entered to win a classroom comics library! There’s still time to take CBLDF’s survey about comics in the classroom! This quick questionnaire asks teachers to help us understand how they’re using comics in schools, and what new…
CBLDF 2019 Summer Update is Here! Read it for Free Today
It’s hard to believe but 2019 is half over, and this year has been filled to the brim with exciting news at CBLDF. If you want to keep up with what’s going on at the front lines of free expression,…
CBLDF Speaks Up for The Walking Dead in Idaho
Last week, CBLDF reported on the removal of the best-selling Walking Dead comics series from an Idaho school. The removal was not the entirety of the removal, as the administration asked students not to bring copies of the work into school…
Canadian Cartoonist Let Go After Trump Cartoon Goes Viral
Editorial cartoonist, Michael de Adder, was let go from Canada’s Brunswick News Inc. (BNI), a group which controls all the major papers in his hometown, the day after a cartoon he drew that was critical of the American President went…
Check Out These LGBTQ+ Comics for Summer
To honor Pride Month, CBLDF aims to highlight resources and comics that celebrate LGBTQ+ characters, content, and creators. Each year the American Library Association releases a list of the most challenged and banned books and comics based on reported challenges,…