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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · 6d

Pop-up signing with Amy Chu tonight from 6 PM at the CBLDF booth in Artist Alley at New York Comic-Con!

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 8d

NYCC ’25: DC Comics to complete Rick Veitch’s scuttled run with SWAMP THING 1989

In 1988, Rick Veitch left Swamp Thing after DC decided not to publish a controversial story, but now he will finish with Swamp Thing 1989.

NYCC ’25: DC Comics to complete Rick Veitch’s scuttled run with SWAMP THING 1989

In 1988, Rick Veitch left Swamp Thing after DC decided not to publish a controversial story, but now he will finish with Swamp Thing 1989.

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · 8d

Tonight @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social: the CBLDF Comic Book Bans on Trial panel, covering the latest developments in the fight against comics censorship!

Time: 6:30-7:15pm, Thursday, October 9
Place: Room 1C03, Javits Center

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Green Archer Comics @greenarcher.io · 9d

Quick reminder for #bannedbooksweek we are highlighting banned comic books on Instagram - for every like our videos get on there we’ll donate $1 to the @cbldf.bsky.social!

So far, we’ve gotten more than 200 likes across all our videos. Keep them going.

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 13d

This #bannedbooksweek @greenarcher.io is highlighting banned comics/graphic novels.

Follow us on Instagram, learn about banned comics, and help us raise money for the @cbldf.bsky.social

Green Archer Comics @greenarcher.io · 13d

The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social’s #BannedBooksWeek is October 5th-11th this year and over on our Instagram channel we are highlighting banned comics.

For every like the videos get, we’ll donate $1 (up to $1000) to @cbldf.bsky.social!

Check out the videos and buy some banned comics!

Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Humble @humblebundle.com · 12d

Time’s running out on The Boys vs. Everyone comics bundle and great reads like:

- The Boys Vol. 1 - 12
- The Boys: Dear Becky Issues 1 - 8
- Sacred Six Vol. 1 & 2
- and more! Supports @cbldf.bsky.social | https://bit.ly/3K83792

The Boys vs. Everyone | Humble Book Bundle

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Sheafe Walker @comiclaw.bsky.social · 14d

Next week at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social I’m going to see @cbldf.bsky.social’s panel Comic Book Bans on Trial
Thursday 10/09/25 6:30pm-7:15pm Rm 1C 03
www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/things...

Panel Information

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · 15d

Check out the new podcast from the Brooklyn Public Library
w/ comics legend Art Spiegelman and the CBLDF's
Jeff Trexler on the censorship of Maus!

www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/mau...

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks for your support - and the suggestion! Working on the membership tiers!!!!

Green Archer Comics @greenarcher.io · 28d

It's that time of year again...time to renew our @cbldf.bsky.social membership! Their work is more important than ever, and we (the royal we, not us specifically) are going to need them over the next year.

My only wish is that they had a support tier specifically for small publishers.

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Beaver Bones Darick @darickr.bsky.social · 16d

Wanna help out the @cbldf.bsky.social and get a great deal on BOYS comics?!

Check out this Humble Bundle from @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social

Humble Comics Bundle: The Boys Vs. Everyone

The Boys highlight the latest Humble Comics Bundle. Act now—read all 12 volumes of the hit graphic novel and help support charity!

www.humblebundle.com

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fellow comic folks, we gotta be having the conversation over the sweeping censorship in this country right now. Between bad laws like this one (even if they may be meant in good spirit) and de facto censorship by credit card companies, like... it's one of greatest external problems to our business.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · Sep 9

Texas SB 20 caused one comic book store manager to pull Dragon Ball Z volumes from store shelves

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Anime fans express concerns over impact of new Texas law

WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — One of the hundreds of laws adopted by Texas recently creates a state jail felony if someone knowingly possesses, accesses with the intent to view,or promotes obsce…

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Sep 10

A big issue: any opposition, questions, requests for amendment, etc., exposed legislators to accusations of supporting cp

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Agreed

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 10

3. The proposal is buried in a section on explicit content and obscenity. Alongside pornography and graphic material, a new provision tells libraries what they cannot make available to anyone under 18. It reads:

“Under this section, any material that promotes, encourages, or positively depicts transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders shall be considered inappropriate for children and youth.” In other words: positive depictions of transgender people are forbidden, while negative depictions remain perfectly acceptable.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 10

1. You may have heard of book bans before, but the new one in Alabama takes the cake.

The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.

The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

"Positive Depictions" Of Trans People Banned In Alabama State Libraries Proposal

The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yes, but will be better to move forward with doing rather than post them first! Thanks for understanding - more to follow!

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks to everyone emailing about the impact of Texas SB20 on manga & anime. We fought to keep this bill from being passed, but the TX legislature was locked in - no one wanted to risk opposing the bill publicly. We're working on next steps.

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eevee 🌻 @pixiespudding.bsky.social · Sep 5

just watched our youth collections librarian be forced to remove 90% of our libraries' manga bc of texas legislation and i truly hate it here. this level of censorship is anti-intellectualism and against what it means to be a free country

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's a link to the official order, along with a summary news article:

kings-printer.alberta.ca/Documents/Mi...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New Alberta school books order bans explicit images of sexual acts | CBC News

Alberta’s revised rules on books in schools will prohibit works containing explicit images of sexual acts, but not written descriptions of the same, according to a new ministerial order published Mond...

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yeah no: Alberta gov't claims to allay school book ban concerns by revising order to clarify that won't apply to a "written passage", just a "visual depiction" – in other words, only graphic novels and manga are targeted.

Targeted books for removal include Gender Queer and Fun Home.

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bowd reportedly has been granted legal aid to help with the costs of the case, and he is currently free on bail, with the next court date set for November 6.

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Aug 26

Because this is an ongoing case, I (Jeff) won't delve into the details of the pertinent law, except to note that as problematic as U.S. law and prosecutions can be, there are key safeguards here that do not exist elsewhere.

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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @cbldf.bsky.social · Aug 26

Arrested on way to Anime NYC: The arrest of Finley Bowd in Ireland while traveling to NY for last weekend's convention highlights a major risk noted in our pre-SDCC visas and comic-cons series: search of phones and other devices by U.S. border patrol agents. www.rte.ie/news/courts/...

Man stopped in Dublin with child abuse images, court told

A 21-year-old man travelling to a comic book convention in the United States was stopped by Homeland Security at Dublin Airport with child sex abuse animation images, a court has heard.

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Jamie Coville @jamiecoville.com · Aug 3

From #SDCC2025 Comics on Trial panel with @cbldf.bsky.social, Bob Wayne, Phoebe Gloeckner and Dale Cendali is now online @ www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#S...

Jeff Trexler, Bob Wayne, Phoebe Gloeckner and Dale Cendali

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Chris Fenoglio @chrisfenoglio.bsky.social · Jul 13

This Bundle may be Humble, yet I am not because it has TWO of the Star Trek: Lower Decks books I drew — the original mini series and also Warp Your Own Way!

Seriously, there’s some truly great books in here and all for, like, $24!!! Do eet!!!

Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · Jul 12

There is an absolutely HUGE collection of Star Trek comics on sale in a Humble Bundle - supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! SO MANY GREAT COMICS, including Lower Decks!!

www.humblebundle.com/books/star-t...

Humble Comics Bundle: Star Trek Comics Megabundle

Pay what you want for a gigantic library of Star Trek comics from IDW comics and help support The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with your purchase!

www.humblebundle.com

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