Over at the Huffington Post, Max Allan Collins, the creator behind Road to Perdition, has shared a list of the most controversial comics. With the recent revelation that Fredric Wertham fabricated much of his evidence against…
Bid on Exclusive Items from the CBLDF Archives!
Convention season has begun again, which means we’ve been digging out our supplies and packing our bags with new merchandise and signed exclusives. In the process, we’ve come across some amazing finds in our archives. Now you have the chance…
CBLDF Showcases Creators at Emerald City Comic Con
This coming weekend, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is exited to be exhibiting at one of our favorite shows of the year, EMERALD CITY COMIC CON is Seattle, Washington! Terrific things are happening at the…
Cuban Cartoonists: “Of course there is censorship.”
As we were traversing the interwebs today, we ran across an enlightening interview on Cartoon Movement, a website dedicated to political cartoons and comics journalism around the world. The interview is with three Cuban cartoonists, who shared their perspectives on…
Will Eisner Week Celebrates Graphic Novels, Free Speech
Each year, the week of March 6 brings us Will Eisner Week, “an annual celebration promoting graphic novels, literacy, free speech awareness, and the legacy of Will Eisner,” the father of the graphic novel. Will Eisner…
Support CBLDF in Portland This Weekend!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to kick off our year of protecting the freedom to read comics by bringing out their best for Wizard World Portland Comic Con! Matt Wagner,…
Terry Moore Is Free to Say It
Earlier this week, longtime CBLDF artist supporter Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise, Rachel Rising, Echo) shared a couple of pages he drew for the CBLDF Liberty Annual, our yearly anthology that features stories about free speech from some of the…
Join CBLDF Tonight for ComicsPRO Auction!
Tnight, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is excited to present the Second Annual ComicsPRO Live Auction, which takes place at 8:30 pm during the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast in Norcross, Georgia! With a mix of…
Meet Matt Wagner & Get The Red-Hot Nowhere Men #1 Liberty Variant From CBLDF!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to kick off their year of protecting the freedom to read comics by bringing out their best for Wizard World Portland Comic Con! Matt Wagner,…
MPAA’s Chris Dodd Recalls Persecution of Comics When Defending Movies
Twenty-three months ago, former United States Senator Chris Dodd was not what anyone, himself included, would call a movie buff. After taking a position as CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), however, Dodd has undergone something akin…
Obscenity Case Files: Lenny Bruce
In his song Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan sings: They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools They stamped him…
Police Investigating Whether Sandy Hook Shooter Emulated Video Game
Since Adam Lanza’s December 12 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, video games and their putative connection to violent behavior have been much discussed in the media and by government officials. Now a new profile of Lanza and…
Bob Corn-Revere Wins Key Free Speech Case
Earlier this month, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that found former Valdosta State University (VSU) president, Ronald M. Zaccari, personally liable for violating the rights of former VSU student, Hayden Barnes, when Zaccari expelled Barnes over…
Video Games: The Latest Scapegoat
Within hours of the Newtown shootings, video games were targeted as a cause of the violence. It wasn’t the first time video games were blamed, and we don’t expect it to be the last. Much like the arguments against comics…
NOWHERE MEN #1 Launches CBLDF LIBERTY VARIANT Program At Wizard World Portland!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce LIBERTY VARIANT — a new fundraising program bringing special editions of the hottest new comics to reward the organization’s supporters at conventions across the…