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Alan Moore Leads List Of Creators Personalizing Gift Graphic Novels In CBLDF’s Spirit of Giving Holiday Fundraiser!

Celebrate The Spirit of Giving this holiday season by gifting signed and personalized graphic novels by famous authors from Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!  When you support the CBLDF’s Spirit of Giving drive between now and December 12, The Will &…

Be Counted: Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Creates Exclusive CBLDF Member Fragrance! Becomes Corporate Member!

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, purveyors of unique, literary minded olfactory experiences have answered CBLDF’s call to Be Counted!  The long-time CBLDF supporters are joining the organization as our newest Corporate Member and encouraging individuals to become members of the CBLDF…

CBLDF and the Schulz Library Join Forces for the First Amendment!

The Center for Cartoon Studies and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are pleased to announce the permanent addition of a “Banned Comics” section to the school’s Schulz Library. The move is both in recognition of the library’s first Banned…

Robie Harris Speaks Up On A Career’s Worth Of Challenges

Robie Harris knows more than most people about book banning. Her children’s books on sexual health and family life are perennial standards on challenged and banned lists across the country, accused of being everything from age-inappropriate to “obvious child pornography.”…

Tereska Torrès, Writer of America’s First Lesbian Pulp Novel, Dies at 92

French writer Tereska Torrès, 92, died at her home in Paris last Thursday. Author of many novels and memoirs, she is best known for her book Women’s Barracks, which was challenged by the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials…