ComicLink, one of the industry’s premiere comics and art auction houses, hosts art to help raise money for both the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization. Proceeds go to both the industry’s vanguard of free speech,…
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Chinese Cartoonist Deported from Thailand, Jailed in China
Two Chinese dissidents, including political cartoonist Jiang Yefei, were deported from Thailand back to China last month despite having been granted refugee status by the United Nations. Jiang and fellow pro-democracy activist Dong Guangping were imprisoned upon their return to…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Protesting Removal of Children’s Ghost Story from NC Elementary School Library
CBLDF has joined a coalition led by Kids’ Right to Read Project to protest the removal of Amityville: Jr. Graphic Ghost Stories from the Lake Myra Elementary School library in Knightdale, North Carolina. Despite violating school policy, the book was…
Indian Graphic Novelist Celebrates Artistic Nudes After Facebook Censorship
One of India’s best-known graphic novelists fell afoul of Facebook’s whimsical moderation regarding artistic nudity last week when the social media giant, acting on an anonymous user report, removed his work which showed a woman getting dressed. Orijit Sen and…
Support CBLDF on #GivingTuesday — Get Vintage Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore Podcast and More As Thanks!
All year round, CBLDF works hard to protect the right to read. This year saw the most attacks on the freedom to read comics in a generation, including calls to ban graphic novels in schools and libraries, threatened legal actions,…
Leading the Fight for Free Expression: CBLDF Annual Report 2015
Although comics have never been a bigger part of mainstream pop culture, they sustained more censorship attacks in 2015 than at any other time this century. CBLDF was on the case, fighting back by providing expert support to keep comics…