Each year, Free Comic Book Day celebrates comics at stores around the country, and CBLDF is part of the action with Defend Comics. Retailers, orders are due today, so don’t forget to include oodles of this all-ages romp in your Diamond orders…
Profiles in Black Cartooning: Matt Baker
In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. Visit CBLDF.org throughout the month of February to learn more! In the 1940s and 1950s, Clarence Matthew…
Brooklyn Community Archive Features Protest Movement Comics in New Exhibit
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein recently had the opportunity to tour the current exhibit Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art at Brooklyn’s Interference Archive….
The Advocate Lists 21 LGBT Picture Books Every Child Should Read
From schools and libraries in the United States to the countries of Italy and Singapore, LGBT children’s books are a frequent target of challenges and bans. The Advocate has pulled together a list of LGBT picture books that every child should…
This One Summer Removed from Seminole County Elementary Schools
This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, which last year made history as the first graphic novel to receive a Caldecott Honor and subsequently was the graphic novel that CBLDF…
Brazilian Cartoonist Dares Others to “Follow Me at Your Own Risk”
Oni Press Joins the Fight for Free Speech As CBLDF’s Newest Corporate Member!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to welcome Oni Press, Portland, Oregon’s premiere independent comic book publisher, as the organization’s newest corporate member! Building on a long history of support for the organization, Oni Press…
One Million Mom Attacks Lucifer by Boycotting Olive Garden
CBLDF Signs on to Support American Idiot in Connecticut High School
CBLDF and six other free expression and arts advocacy organizations today signed on to a letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship to Enfield (CT) High School regarding the recent cancellation of a planned…
Egyptian Cartoonist Released Without Charge After Overnight Jail Stay
Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish was arrested on Sunday, allegedly for operating a website without government authorization, but was released yesterday without charge. Although his cartoons tend towards social rather than political satire, it appears an arresting officer found some…
1955 Broadcast Brought Dangers of Comics to Your Living Room
Profiles in Black Cartooning: Jackie Ormes
In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF has partnered with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. Visit CBLDF.org throughout the month of February to learn more! Zelda Jackson Ormes, better known…
Italian Government Draws Ridicule for Covering Nude Statues During Iran Visit
After the Italian government covered up ancient nude statues ahead of a state visit from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last week, cartoonists are having much fun at officials’ expense, but also leading a debate regarding freedom of expression on the…
On a Loop: Zunar’s Sedition Trial Delayed Once Again
The trial of Malaysian cartoonist Zunar was set to begin yesterday, but has once again been delayed while a separate challenge to the country’s Sedition Act is pending….