Well known street artist Banksy, in collaboration with John Tsombikos, put up a mural in the Bowery to bring attention to the unjust imprisonment of Zehra Doğan, a Turkish artist and journalist, who was sentenced to nearly three years in…
Pre-Order X-Men: Grand Design, Signed & Sketched by Ed Piskor to Benefit CBLDF!
CBLDF is excited to offer our donors stunning sketched copies of Eisner award-winning creator Ed Piskor‘s newest project, X-Men: Grand Design! This beautiful softcover collects both issues of the series, reproduced in the same oversized format as the best-selling Hip Hop Family Tree collections, and each book is signed…
Colombian Cartoonist Sued Over Political Pig
Cèsar Gonzàlez, a political cartoonist who goes by “Matador”, and El Tiempo, a newspaper in Colombia, are being sued by Attorney Josè Reyes Villamizar for a cartoon depicting presidential candidate Ivàn Duque as a pig. Villamizar alleges the cartoon infringes…
CBLDF DEFENDER Vol. 3 #1 Now Available!

CBLDF Defender comes to you from the frontlines of censorship! In the first issue of 2018, CBLDF talks to Eisner winning colorist and advocate Jordie Bellaire (Redlands, Pretty Deadly, Injection) and Japanese mangaka Takeshi Nogami (Girls und Panzer)! CBLDF Defender Vol. 3 #1 features cover by Declan Shalvey…
Athens Bookshop Fights Censorship of LGBTQIA Book
Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia, ended a book fair early when a school’s administrator demanded they pull Richard Peck’s The Best Man off the sales floor, despite previously having agreed it could be displayed and sold. The book, which centers…
Be Heard! A Comic For Student Rights From CBLDF & NCAC
As millions of American students assert their First Amendment rights in protests across the country, advocacy groups Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and National Coalition Against Censorship today released a new comic book to help protect students’ rights. Be Heard!…