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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Fill Out the Comics in Education Survey!

by Jordan Smith • July 13, 2021
Raised hands in all different colors, pink, yellow, blue, green, black with the title overhead CBLDF Comics in Education Survey.

Educators! Have you filled out the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s second annual Comics in Education Survey? The survey will close July 31, 2021. You can respond to the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CBLDF2021. Everyone who completes the survey will be entered in a drawing…

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Bill Watch — 13 Important Points and a Non-Partisan Coalition Statement

by Jordan Smith • July 8, 2021
A dutch angle of the columns in front of a court house

Arguments over the inclusion of critical race theory in schools have been blanketing the news for several months. Bills regulating what concepts are allowed in schools have sprung up in multiple states and at the federal level. With so many…

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Law Firm Fights Back with the Power of Comics

by Jordan Smith • June 30, 2021
Mock Comic Book cover for court case Third Planet versus Crowne Plaza Hotel. T. J. Johnson looks on determined as cutlery and fire extiguishers hurtle down from above!

Clobbered by falling extinguishers! Fires erupting in the parking lot! What is a comic shop to do? Fight back with comics! A recent court filing on behalf of Third Planet Sci-Fi and Fantasy Superstore included a thirteen-page comic explaining their…

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Victory! Supreme Court Issues Mahanoy Decision

by Jordan Smith • June 23, 2021

Earlier this morning, the Supreme Court issued their opinion on Mahanoy v. B.L. In an 8–1 ruling, the Justices decided that the Mahanoy Area School District violated the First Amendment rights of B.L. The case revolved around B.L., a cheerleader, who was removed from…

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Panelists Announced for Recoding Censorship

by Jordan Smith • June 22, 2021
Banner of event title Recoding Censorship. Underneath is the Approved by the Comics Code Authority seal

Join us this Thursday, June 24 at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern for our June Membership Meeting Recoding Censorship. We are pleased to announce the stellar panelists that will be joining us for our event. Guest panelists include Terry Anderson (Cartoonists…

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Persepolis Removed from Required Reading List for “Graphic Nature”

by Jordan Smith • June 21, 2021
Persepolis

It has appeared on numerous “Best of” lists, including The Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, it has won multiple awards and weathered numerous challenges. Despite all that, Persepolis is still causing controversy twenty years after its publication date. Long Island’s…

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