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DEADPOOL: Celebrate the Freedom to Read with the Merc With a Mouth!

The Deadpool movie hits theaters this Friday (but not in China!) in all his foul-mouthed glory, and CBLDF is ready to celebrate the freedom of speech with a special Rewards Zone collection featuring the Merc with a Mouth! Running the gamut…

Dynamite Entertainment and Humble Pack Newest Bundle With the Biggest Names in Fiction for Charity, Including CBLDF!

Dynamite Entertainment again partners with Humble Bundle for one of the most jam-packed collections of comics and prose yet! This latest offering features some of the biggest authors in the publisher’s catalog, giving readers approximately $250 in content for a fraction of…

Virginia House Bill Could Legitimize A Way to Ban Sexually Explicit Content in Schools

A controversial bill is going before the Virginia legislature that would allow parents to take a more active role in regulating their children’s education and give them the option to opt their children out of specific assignments that they might deem…

This One Summer Now Challenged in Seminole County High Schools

Less than a week after This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki was removed from three elementary schools in Seminole County, Florida, the critically acclaimed graphic novel is now under fire in the district’s high schools as well. A…

Profiles in Black Cartooning: Orrin C. Evans and All-Negro Comics

In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. Visit CBLDF.org throughout the month of February to learn more!  If you were to call Orrin C.…

Retailers: The 2016 FCBD Edition of Defend Comics FOCs Today!

Each year, Free Comic Book Day celebrates comics at stores around the country, and CBLDF is part of the action with Defend Comics. Retailers, orders are due today, so don’t forget to include oodles of this all-ages romp in your Diamond orders (order…

Profiles in Black Cartooning: Matt Baker

In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. Visit CBLDF.org throughout the month of February to learn more!  In the 1940s and 1950s, Clarence Matthew…

Brooklyn Community Archive Features Protest Movement Comics in New Exhibit

CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein recently had the opportunity to tour the current exhibit Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art at Brooklyn’s Interference Archive. Impressed by the visit, he wrote it up for The Beat. Interference Archive…