To celebrate the launch of his fantastic 2018 CBLDF membership artwork, legendary comics creator Mike Allred will be signing and personalizing some of his greatest graphic novels for donors supporting CBLDF’s important work! Books available for personalization include Madman, iZombie, and Silver Surfer–personalizations are due…
Can You Help? ALA Needs Reports on 2017 Censorship
The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) believes that somewhere between 82% – 97% of book challenges go unreported. They are encouraging people with information regarding censorship incidents in 2017 to fill out this online report, which gives…
Ahmed Naji to Face Trial Again for Book Excerpt
Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji will be tried a third time for “harming public morality” with an excerpt from his book Use of Life which was reprinted in Akhbar al-Adab newspaper in 2014. Naji was previously convicted and sentenced to two…
CBLDF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Congressional Art Contest Winner
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has joined with a diverse group of nonprofits advocating for free expression and the arts in filing an amicus brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief is in support of Missouri…
Mike Allred Creates 2018 CBLDF Member Art!
Zunar Challenges Malaysia’s Latest Ban on Cartoon Book
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar was back in court this week, filing a legal challenge to the government’s ban on his latest book Sapuman: The Man of Steal. The ban was imposed last year after the cartoons critical of Prime Minister Najib…
