New York Comic-Con starts tomorrow, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund will be there! Join us on Saturday, October 14, at 10:30am in the Javits Center’s River Pavilion for our annual CBLDF update panel, Defending Comics Today. We’ll discuss the most recent…
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Texas HB900 Lawsuit Update
Last Friday, August 18, the U.S. District Court in Austin, Texas conducted the first hearing in Book People et al. v. Wong, in which the CBLDF joined bookstores and other free speech groups to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s new…
Adding Flamer to Your Library or Classroom Collection
Flamer is an award-winning graphic novel that tells the story of Aiden Navarro “as he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can’t stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and…
All the Graphic Novels Texas Rep. Matt Krause Doesn’t Want Students to Read!
Late last year, Texas State Representative Matt Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and superintendents across the state; included with the letter was a list of almost 850 books. Krause requested that each district list which of…
CBLDF at C2E2
C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo) starts tomorrow, and CBLDF will be there! Located in the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois, C2E2 runs from December 10 through December 12. Saturday afternoon, from 3:45–4:45, Jeff Trexler (CBLDF interim director) will be…
CBLDF at Emerald City Comic Con
Emerald City Comic Con starts today, and CBLDF will be there! Located in the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, Emerald City Comic Con runs from December 2 through December 5. Friday afternoon, from 3:45-4:45, Betsy Gomez (CBLDF coalition…
Comics Challenges Return
It’s happening again. In recent months the CBLDF has received multiple reports of graphic novel challenges at public schools and libraries: Attacks on Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer have gone viral in social media and school board meetings across the U.S., from a…
Banned Books: Prisons
Banned Books Week starts this month, running from September 26–October 2. Each week leading up to the event, we will profile one of the many spaces in the United States where books are banned. We’ll look at who is banning…
Membership
Make a stand for free speech by joining CBLDF today! We’re in uncertain times where the CBLDF’s efforts are more important than ever. It’s unclear how government — federal, and especially local — will treat the First Amendment. CBLDF is…
Corporate Members
ABRAMS Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS is the preeminent publisher of high quality art and illustrated books. Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, ABRAMS is the publisher of bestsellers such as the wildly popular Diary of…