The preposterous lawsuit against the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and EBSCO, a media aggregate database company, purporting the two conspired to traffic pornography to school children, has been dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can not be brought refiled. While this…
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Student Stands Up for LGBTQIA Community and Her Own First Amendment Rights
A Fourth Grader in South Carolina is suing her school district for infringing on her First Amendment rights after they refused to accept her essay on LGBTQIA rights. The assignment was to craft a letter “to society” about something the…
Image Comics Benefit CBLDF! GNs Signed by Marjorie Liu, Robert Kirkman, Brian K. Vaughan, & More!
This week CBLDF is offering our donors the chance to grab some incredible Image graphic novels signed by their creators to benefit CBLDF! We’ve got a great selection of some of their most successful titles, including: Monstress Volume One TP, signed by Marjorie…
Seattle! Get Ready for CBLDF at Emerald City!
Are you ready for Emerald City Comicon? It kicks off tomorrow March 14, and runs through March 17. Make CBLDF your first stop at Booth #2004. We’re bringing a killer selection rewards for donations to help CBLDF fight on the front lines of free expression.…
Revisiting Preludes & Nocturnes At 30
In November, CBLDF marked the 30th Anniversary of Sandman Issue #1 by a look back at both the praise and censorship that the series has received. The series as a whole stands as one of the most lauded works in…
Unparalleled Editor, Karen Berger – She Changed Comics
Karen Berger profile by Caitlin McCabe From modern masterpieces like Y: The Last Man, Fables, and The Invisibles, to seminal classics like V for Vendetta, Preacher, and Sandman, in a time when superheroes glutted the newsstand and comic shops, the…
Daring Works, Community Standards, and Obscenity – A Legal Perspective
Editorial Note: This article originally appeared on CreatorLaw.com. Due the complex nature of obscenity laws, we thought it would be interesting for CBLDF readers to get further insight into what these standards mean. To understand how the complexity can be…
ACTION ALERT! Legislation Eroding Education Near You
Earlier this week, CBLDF informed readers about one of three bills in Florida aimed at destroying the tyrannical rule of facts in science class. Now, the Washington Post republished an Associated Press article examining similar legislation in states all across…
Free Teaching Guides from CBLDF Highlight Women in Comics
March 8th is International Women’s Day, a day around the globe to celebrate and share the accomplishments of women throughout history and today. In honor of that mission, CBLDF has collected some of our most popular teaching resources that demonstrate…
Celebrate World Book Day with Signed Fun Home, Saga, & Many More!
Join CBLDF in celebrating World Book Day, today and every day, with your favorite banned and challenged graphic novels! CBLDF is offering donors a slew of resources and signed comics that have experienced band and challenges for their content, including: Fun Home, signed…