Black Panther Protects Free Speech! CBLDF talks to Brian Stelfreeze and more in the latest issue of CBLDF Defender, out September 14, 2016. Retailers, FOC is Monday 8/22 (JUN161362), so now’s the time to stock up on this issue! Get a behind the scenes look…
Back to School with Comics: Resources for Educators and Librarians
As educators and librarians gear up for a new school year, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight our free resources designed to help students — and everyone else — love and appreciate comics! Comics Connector CBLDF’s Comics Connector is…
Signed Sandman, Paper Girls, Preacher, iZombie, & More Benefit CBLDF!
Support CBLDF and get autographed books from creators including Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Sergio Aragones, Brian K. Vaughan, and many more! Help us fight censorship while enjoying the last weeks of summer with some great comics reading!
Turkish Cartoonist Arrested Along With Newspaper Colleagues
Turkish-born cartoonist Dogan Güzel has been arrested in Istanbul along with more than 20 colleagues from the Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem, which has also been…
Florida Parents Blame Books for “What’s Wrong with Children Today”
Dynamite Entertainment and Groupees Team Up For A Bundle of “Pure Dynamite” to Benefit CBLDF
Dynamite Entertainment again partners with Groupees, the unique media and charity bundling site, to unleash a bundle of “Pure Dynamite,” featuring over 85 comics from this leading publisher! This Pay-What-You-Want bundle features books by top creators (including Tim Seeley, Kate Leth,…
Illinois Enacts Law to Protect Student Journalists Rights
Jordanian Writer Charged With Blasphemy for Sharing Cartoon
A Jordanian writer turned himself in over the weekend to face charges of insulting Islam with a cartoon that he shared on Facebook intending to mock the worldview of ISIS fighters. Nahed Hattar, a controversial left-wing Christian…
CBLDF Presents: Liberty Softcover Now Available!
Kashmiri Protest Art Blinds Icons As Resistance
Gandhi, Van Gogh, and Mona Lisa are peering out from bloodied bandaged eyes in new art by cartoonist Mir Suhail, who aims to raise awareness of the consequences of “non-lethal” pellet guns that are causing a wave of deaths, blindings, and mutilations among Kashmiri protestors.…
RETAILERS: Engage Your Community with the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook! FOC’s 8/15!
Retailers: Engage your community during Banned Books week with the 2016 edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook! Stock up now — the Handbook FOC’s on Monday, August 15 (Diamond order code JUL161460)! This year’s…
British Citizen Detained at Airport for Reading Book
On July 25, authorities in the U.K. detained a Muslim citizen at an airport after a cabin crew member reported her for “suspicious activity.” That activity? Reading a book celebrating the freedom of expression in Syria. …
A Brief History of Movie Censorship
Senator Responds to NCAC Letter Opposed to Chesterfield Censorship
In early August, CBLDF joined the National Coalition Against Censorship in defending several summer reading books that were challenged for “sexually explicit” content in Chesterfield County, Virginia. State Senator Amanda Chase, who has forced her way into the fray by suggesting…