This month we have seen an aggressive push across the country to censor a specific set of books in libraries and schools. It seems like we can’t go a day without hearing about a new book challenge or a disrupted…
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…
CBLDF issued a statement this week in support of Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe after the graphic novel received challenges in several public school systems in multiple states, including Virginia, New Jersey, and Florida. This statement supports the right of…
This week, I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with popular culture librarian/comic arts curator Pamela Jackson and professor of history Elizabeth Pollard of Comics@SDSU. Comics@SDSU is a comics studies collaborative affiliated with San Diego State University.…
Amy Chu, Joseph Illidge, and Pam Noles Join the Fight for the Rights of the Comics Community Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is honored to welcome creator Amy Chu, editor Joseph Illidge, and fandom fixture Pam Noles to the Board…
New York Comic Con is returning as an in-person event this week, and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund will be there! Join us this Thursday, October 7, at 2:45 p.m. for our panel Defending Comics Today: Contemporary Comics Censorship. Join Interim Director Jeff…