Comic books heat up in the 1950s in part 2 of U.S. vs. Comics, the new webseries by Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro! Read more →
Check out the first episode of a new weekly webcomic on the 70th anniversary of the Senate comic book hearings - and what they teach us about censorship today! Read more →
In the Chicago area and interested in the past, present, and future of comics censorship? A new play on the 1950s comics scare, The Innocence of Seduction, is about to have its final weekend of p...
https://cbldf.org/2023/10/cbldf-theater-talkback-in-chicago-this-friday/
Lawsuits aimed at websites over accessibility design have hit the comics industry. How can comics retailers, publishers, and creators bring their websites into compliance with current accessibil...
https://cbldf.org/2023/02/ada-qa-accessibility-lawsuits-comics-websites/
A frequent question we ask ourselves at CBLDF is, “What are the coming trends in graphic novel challenges?” A trend we’ve followed for over a year, and we have discussed on our panels, is t...
https://cbldf.org/2023/01/book-ratings-a-tale-of-four-states/
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me was published in 2019 by First Second Books. The graphic novel was written by Mariko Tamaki (the writer of This One Summer, a frequently challenged and ban...
Granbury ISD, a district roughly 60 miles west of Dallas, is under federal investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after 131 books were removed from the school li...
As we reach the end of 2022, CBLDF looks back at the five most notable stories from the blog. 5. CBLDF Returns to Cons 2022 saw a return to cons for many folks in the comics community. CBLDF had ...
https://cbldf.org/2022/12/cbldfs-top-5-news-stories-of-2022/
In an atmosphere where graphic novels are mischaracterized as “graphic,” “obscene,” or “pornography,” where teachers and librarians are verbally attacked and threatened, shedding ligh...
https://cbldf.org/2022/12/what-im-reading-how-to-win-the-war-on-truth/
Mark your calendars and support Comic Book Legal Defense Fund this Giving Tuesday! This past year we have seen a dramatic increase in challenges and bans on graphic novels in schools and librarie...