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Thursday, January 28, CBLDF hosted a members meeting. If you missed it, never fear, you can watch a recording of the event on the CBLDF YouTube channel or through the embed below. In the meeting, the staff had the opportunity…
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce the second annual Comics in Education Survey! Educators have until July 31, 2021, to respond to the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CBLDF2021. Everyone who completes the survey will be entered in a drawing for…
This past week the comic strip syndicate Andrews McNeel pulled five strips of creator Stephan Pastis’s “Pearls Before Swine” comic, effectively removing it from 850 newspapers nationwide. A set of five replacement strips, also by Pastis, were run in their…
This past week, the Schomburg Center, a research library that is a part of the New York Public Library, hosted the 9th Annual Black Comic Book Festival. The event, which ran from January 13 through 16, was hosted digitally on…
Join us on Thursday, January 28th, as we host an online membership event to talk about our plans for 2021! This panel will provide an overview of our projects for the coming year, from rebooting current programs to launching new…
One of the things we’ve been missing the most this past year has been the Cons and Festivals. It has always been a great way to meet new folks and connect with old friends. Fortunately, the ever flexible comics community…
Happy New Year! OK, so maybe it’s not the new year yet, but along with the rest of the world we’re looking forward to the end of 2020 and the beginning of what’s next. On January 28, 2021, we’ll be…
Stacker recently posted their list of milestone moments in American censorship history. The list contains forty entries and spans several hundred years from 1722–2020. The size of the list serves as a reminder that the fight for Free Speech is a…
On Wednesday, the Lincoln Parish Library Board in Ruston, Louisiana, voted ‘yes’ to keep contested books on its shelves. This decision came on the heels of recent community complaints about the books. This is one of several recent attempts at…
A graphic novel recently made it to the top of my TBR pile, and I’m ashamed it took this long for it to cross my desk. Even as I was writing this I saw it has been selected by The…
On Tuesday this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York State signed legislation that strengthens the protection from frivolous lawsuits. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPP suits, are a strategic form of litigation that is used by wealthy plaintiffs…
Next week, September 28 through October 3, is Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating our freedom to read. This coming Monday at 5:00 p.m. CDT, Banned Books Week is presenting a Facebook LIVE conversation with comics creator Gene Luen…
Last week, Interim Executive Director Jeff Trexler sat down for an interview with Calvin Reid of the Publishers Weekly More to Come podcast. This interview is a great introduction to Jeff Trexler and his work. It touches on his background…
CBLDF has joined with the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) to oppose the ban of an editorial cartoon created by David Fitzsimmons. The cartoon was used as part of an assignment at Raymond Cooper Junior High School in Wylie, Texas.…
What is the mission of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund? At first glance, the answer to this question seems to be obvious. After all, it’s right there in the name – legal protection for the comics industry, with no…