French museum Jeu de Paume found itself the latest example of artistic institutions shut down by Facebook content policies for the photographic presence of that most dastardly body part, the female nipple. According to Gizmodo, the artwork, by early 20th…
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The Beginning of the End for Australian Comics Censorship
Regular CBLDF readers probably recall Joe Sergi’s post from last year about the birth of official comics censorship in Australia, where the gruesome crimes of Lone Avenger creator Len Lawson cast a pall over the entire industry for decades. Now…
ComiscPRO Auction Ends Today!
Bid now on some spectacular limited edition ComicsPRO comic books! These variant edition comic books — including hit titles like Nowhere Men, Nova, The Sixth Gun, The Black Beetle, and more — are given exclusively to members of the Comics…
Court Upholds Law that Led to Tucson Book Ban
The Huffington Post reports that a federal court judge has upheld most of the provisions Arizona’s HB 2281, “a law banning courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, foster racial resentment, are designed for students of a particular…
Bob Corn-Revere Wins First Amendment Victory for Photographer
Bob Corn-Revere — renown First Amendment defender and CBLDF’s general counsel — scored a victory for free speech this week in the case of photojournalist Mannie Garcia, who was arrested by authorities in Maryland after taking photos of police officers…
Carol Tilley on Her Wertham Research
A couple of weeks ago, researcher Carol Tilley proved to the world what many already suspected: anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham lacked supporting scientific evidence for his conclusions and even fabricated some of his data. This week, Tilley wrote an eloquent…