Dynamite Entertainment has unleashed the Army of Darkness comics into one giant-size Humble Bundle featuring more issues than you can shake a boomstick at. Based on the 1992 cult classic movie from visionary director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) starring…
Udderly Gigantic: Top Cow Adds Even More Titles To Humble Bundle to Benefit CBLDF
Humble Comics Bundle: Udderly Gigantic Top Cow Collection launched last week with over $600 of Top Cow comics available at a pay-what-you-want price. This week, the bundle is even more gigantic with the addition of eight more…
CBLDF Signs on to Protest Illinois Ban of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
CBLDF today joined with other organizational members of the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Kids’ Right to Read Project in sending a letter of protest to the principal of Mattoon High…
Ai Weiwei Collecting Donated LEGO After Company Rejects Bulk Order
Fans of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are setting up collection points for donated LEGO bricks around the world after the Danish company refused to fulfill a bulk order for his upcoming show in Australia. In response to inquiries, a LEGO…
Reasons Why Every Child Should Read Comics
Using Graphic Novels in Education: Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales
Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of graphic novels and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In this column, we examine graphic novels, including…
Exclusive Signed and Sketched Premiums from NYCC Now in the CBLDF Rewards Zone!
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund travels internationally to spread awareness of censorship and inform people how they can too can defend First Amendment rights. This month, CBLDF was able to attend our own local show, New York City Comic Con,…
Why Are Young Adult Books Banned Airs This Weekend on Book TV!
Why are Young Adult books banned? That’s the question on the minds of Young Adult authors David Levithan, author of Boy Meets Boy and Two Boys Kissing; Meg Medina, author of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick…
Adding The Color of Earth to Your Library or Classroom Collection
Zunar to Tour Europe Ahead of Sedition Trial
In the final weeks before his trial on nine counts of sedition is set to begin in Malaysia, cartoonist Zunar will embark on a whirlwind European tour with several speaking engagements from Oct. 26 to Nov. 4. Although the events…
Why Censorship Fails Every Time
Tokyo Prison Under Fire for Banning Gay Manga
Daryl Cagle to Speak on First Amendment and Cartooning TOMORROW in Murfreesboro, TN
Heads up for any readers in central Tennessee: tomorrow afternoon in Murfreesboro, editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle will present a free public lecture titled “First Amendment and Beyond: An Editorial Cartoonist’s Life.” Cagle’s talk–accompanied,…
Top Cow Brings Over $600 Worth of Comics To Humble Bundle to Benefit CBLDF
Humble Comics Bundle: Udderly Gigantic Top Cow Collection launches today with over $600 of Top Cow comics available at a pay-what-you-want price. In celebration of the Top Cow Talent Hunt — a competition where the winners have…
6 Horror Comics You Must Read This October!
Scare yourself into the spirit of Halloween by reading some of your favorite frightening comics around the fire or under your covers! This week in the Rewards Zone, CBLDF Staff Picks collects dozens of horror and suspense reads as well as…