Category: media

Leading the Fight for Free Expression: CBLDF Annual Report 2015

Although comics have never been a bigger part of  mainstream pop culture, they sustained more censorship attacks in 2015 than at any other time this century. CBLDF was on the case, fighting back by providing expert support to keep comics…

Kick Off the Holidays with CBLDF Defender #4!

CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the fourth issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology,…

Banned Books Week 2015: CBLDF RESOURCES!

Banned Books Week 2015 is almost here! As a sponsor of the annual week celebrating the freedom to read, CBLDF is proud to offer free and low-cost resources for libraries, educators, and retailers who want to join the celebration September…

How Your Humble Contribution Helps CBLDF!

You’re protecting the right to read when you support the Neil Gaiman Rarities Bundle! Every contribution to this record-breaking bundle supports the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s important work. From front-line efforts against censorship in schools and libraries, to legal…

CBLDF Podcast Episode 14: Raina Telgemeier and Alex Segura!

To celebrate today’s launch of CBLDF Defender #3, we have a very special episode of the CBLDF Podcast! In this episode, CBLDF Editorial Director Betsy Gomez speaks to cartoonist Raina Telegemeier (Drama, Smile, Sisters), and CBLDF Deputy Director Alex Cox…

Go Back to School with CBLDF Defender #3!

CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the third issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology,…

The Tweeks Take on the Drama with Drama

Three main characters from Drama walking across the stage with a purple curtain drawn.

The Tweeks are at it again! This time twin teen geeks, Maddy and Anya Ernst, sit down to talk about Raina Telgemeier’s modern classic Drama and all of the controversial drama surrounding this graphic novel in the latest edition of…

The Tweeks Challenge Parents and Kids to Read Bone

The Tweeks, twin teen geeks Maddy and Anya Ernst, welcome us to their first ComicMix Challenged Challenge with a passionate discussion about Jeff Smith’s classic graphic novel, Bone: Out of Boneville. As the Tweeks point out, although this book has…

SDCC 2015: CBLDF in the News

Comic-Con International has wrapped up for another year, and CBLDF was proud to be part of the action, with educational panels and much more in support of our work defending comics from censorship. Let’s take a look at reporting about…

Expand Your Comics Conversation With the Comic Book Club Handbook!

Learn how to start and make the most of book clubs for comics and graphic novels with the Comic Book Club Handbook, a new resource produced by Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in collaboration with Comic-Con International! Designed for librarians, retailers, and individuals alike,…