Earlier today, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund sent a letter of support to Bill Ptacek, a library director in Seattle, commending the library for standing up for the intellectual freedom of its patrons in the face of an attack in…
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CBLDF Expresses Support for Seattle Area Library’s Response to Manga Challenge
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Kids’ Right to Read Project partners National Coalition Against Censorship and American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression today wrote a letter commending King County Library System’s response to recent objections to the manga…
Library Director Responds to Seattle Manga Challenge
Yesterday we told you about Seattle area resident Travis de Nevers, who asked the King County Library System to change its circulation policies for minors after his unsupervised 10-year-old niece checked out the yaoi manga Hero-Heel 2. In response to…
Lomography Auctions Custom Cameras by Cartoonists To Benefit CBLDF!
Lomography, the driving force in the analogue photography renaissance is raising money for CBLDF by auctioning off custom cameras by visionary cartoonists! The Fund & Lomography has teamed up with select artists to design Lomography’s new La Sardina DIY camera. …
Seattle Area Resident Shocked at Yaoi Manga, Asks Library to Revise Circulation Policy
Here’s a PSA on behalf of public librarians everywhere: If you would not drop your children off at a full-service bookstore with a credit card and tell them to go wild, then you should not send them into the library…
Sherman Alexie: Censorship of Any Form Punishes Curiosity
According to critically-acclaimed author Sherman Alexie, “Book banners want to control what every child reads,” and that “censorship of any form punishes curiosity.” In an interview with Ed Winstead of Guernica Magazine, Alexie discusses being the author of banned books…
BE COUNTED: Join The CBLDF Today!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund needs your support! Our program activity is increasing, and we need your membership contributions this October to help pay for this important work. Comics are threatened more frequently than you may think, and the…
NYCC: CBLDF’s Massive Hometown Showing!
Signings! Free gifts for members! Charlie Adlard original art raffle! Programming! Friday night rock concert! Discounts at NYC Comic Stores! Grab bags! The best selection of signed comics in the nation! It’s NYCC weekend, and the CBLDF is bringing out…
Li’l Depressed Boy Collaborates with CBLDF For Exclusive Print at New York Comic-Con
Image Comics creators S. Steven Struble and Sina Grace are teaming up with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund to produce a limited edition Li’l Depressed Boy print, exclusively available at New York Comic-Con. Depicting the titular character unable to…
Join CBLDF at the Alternative Press Expo!
The organizers of the Alternative Press Expo are hoping to break last year’s record-setting attendance with this weekend’s festival, and CBLDF will be on hand to help make that happen! The West Coast’s premier celebration of independent comics, APE 2012…