This week CBLDF is excited to offer our donors an incredible selection of graphic novels signed by acclaimed New Yorker Cartoonists! You can make a difference in our fight for free speech and grab a great new graphic novel, including Can’t We Talk…
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Equatorial Guinea Won’t Let Ramón Esono Ebalé Leave
Ramòn Esono Ebalè, the political cartoonist falsely imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea for over five months, continues to be held in the country awaiting his passport renewal. It has been over two months since the one day trial of Ebalè, where…
Last Week to Apply for Banned Books Grants!
There’s one week left to apply for a 2018 Judith F. Krug Fund Banned Books Week grant! Each year Freedom to Read Foundation distributes grants to non-profit organizations to support activities that raise awareness of intellectual freedom and censorship issues…
Tonight! CBLDF Invites You to MARCH, a Special Reception for Supporters of Free Expression
The Art of MARCH: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Reception May 4 – 6:30 – 9PM Do not miss this unique opportunity to join Nate Powell, artist of the National Book Award-winning MARCH trilogy at a special reception for…
Help the CBLDF Defend Comics on Free Comic Book Day!
This Saturday, May 5th, people will gather at comic book shops around the world to celebrate Free Comic Book Day! Don’t forget to pick up CBLDF’s Defend Comics, featuring a special Reading Without Walls cover by Gene Luen Yang! This…
May the Force be With You! Star Wars GNs Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is celebrating Star Wars Day with some stellar signed graphic novels including Star Wars: Han Solo HC signed by Jason Aaron; Star Wars: Darth Vader by Gillen & Larroca Omnibus, signed by Kieron Gillen; Star Wars Volume One HC, signed by Jason Aaron or John Cassaday; Star…
2 Oregon School Districts Leave Reading Competition Over Trans Character
Two Oregon School districts have determined that they will not allow 3rd – 5th graders to participate in Oregon’s Battle of the Books this year, due to the inclusion of Alex Gino’s frequently contested book about a trans child, George.…
Freedom of Press Facing Global Deterioration
Last week, Reporters Without Borders released the 2018 World Press Freedom Index, and increasingly it seems that Freedom of the Press is under attack globally. The report demonstrates “growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards the media, openly encouraged by political…
Egyptian Author Fined for Sexually Explicit Excerpt
Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was fined LE 20,000 following his third trial for “harming public morality” by republishing an excerpt from his experimental book Using Life (also known as Use of Life) in 2014. Naji was initially acquitted of these…
Full Bleed Sneak Peek: Catching Up with the Hernandez Brothers
Our neighbors and friends at IDW: PDX are putting together their second issue of Full Bleed: The Comics & Culture Quarterly. The Kickstarter funded, hardcover magazine is curated and edited by IDW’s Dirk Wood and Ted Adams — who joined CBLDF’s Board…