Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. Their work takes them into courtrooms, classrooms, conventions, and libraries, providing legal aid, education, and advocacy to protect the rights of readers, creators, retailers, publishers, and librarians of comics, manga, and graphic novels. CBLDF offers legal defense, managing and paying for the defense of individuals whose First Amendment rights are threatened for making, selling, or even reading comic books.

They also provide free referrals for cases before they become court challenges. In addition to legal action, CBLDF works independently and with coalitions to fight unconstitutional legislation that could affect how comics are made and distributed. They assist libraries in challenges to comics and graphic novels by providing support and access to resources for defending these works.

Their website, CBLDF. org, offers a daily news blog, a resource section with case files on the history of comics censorship, and toolkits for artists, readers, and librarians. CBLDF delivers informative presentations on the history of comics censorship and First Amendment rights.

They also sponsor Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the Freedom to Read, and offer a weekly newsletter with updates on First Amendment and censorship issues