Portland State University and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are joining forces with a week of special events to celebrate the hundredth birthday of Will Eisner, the legendary cartoonist whose influence defined the contours and possibilities of American comics in his lifetime…
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CBLDF Joins Condemnation of Proposed DHS Password Policy
CBLDF has joined a statement condemning a Department of Homeland Security proposal that would require non-citizens to provide their social media passwords as a condition of entering the United States. The statement warns, “Freedom of expression and press rights, access…
Turkish Publisher Closes Satirical Magazine Over Moses Cartoon
The publisher of the Turkish satirical magazine Gırgır abruptly shut down the publication and laid off all its staff last week in response to a cartoon that irreverently depicted Moses and was deemed offensive to both Jews and Muslims. The…
Ahmed Naji: “I Believe in Freedom of Expression”
Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji served nearly a year in prison for “violating public modesty” when an excerpt of his novel The Use of Life was published in a state-run newspaper. Now free, the writer draws inspiration from his experience. “Before…
Parent Group Demands Changes or Cancellation for Illinois High School’s Civil Rights Seminar Day
Some parents in the northern suburbs of Chicago are complaining that an innovative all-day seminar on civil rights at New Trier High School will be “biased, unbalanced, [and] divisive.” Award-winning authors Andrew Aydin and Colson Whitehead are scheduled to speak…
Free Speech Arguments Prevail in Tobinick v. Novella
Free speech prevailed in a case alleging that any speech published on a website with advertising should be treated as “commercial speech,” a category afforded less First Amendment protection. CBLDF and other members of the Media Coalition filed an amicus…
Kevin Eastman, Bernie Wrightson, Walt Simonson, and Matt Wagner Signed Books Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with signed books by legendary comics creators! Donate today and receive exclusive premiums, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection Hardcover, signed by Kevin Eastman; Creepy Presents: Bernie Wrightson and Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, signed by Bernie Wrightson; Ragnarök and Alien: The Illustrated Story, signed…
Oregon School Board Reconsiders Hasty Ban of Eleanor & Park
After a hasty decision last month to pull Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park from an eighth grade classroom without following challenge procedures, the school board of Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton School District has reconsidered and will allow the book to go through…
CBLDF Joins Opposition to South Dakota Science Education Bill
Late last week, CBLDF joined a coalition of free-speech advocates objecting to a bill in the South Dakota legislature that attempts to weaken science education standards in the state by allowing teachers to advance their own views on topics such…
RETAILERS: Orders for CBLDF Defender Are Due TODAY!
CBLDF Defender comes to you from the frontlines of censorship! In the first issue of 2017, CBLDF talks with Ms. Marvel writer G. Willow Wilson about censorship, Ms. Marvel’s role as symbol of protest, and more! Retailers, FOC is today (JAN171578), so now’s the time to stock…