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Listening to 8th Circuit oral argument appeal in our challenge to Arkansas law that would send librarians to jail for allegedly inappropriate material (target: graphic novels). Will lower court victory vs. law be affirmed?
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Here's more on the case that's being heard on appeal right now, including a link to the law. kark.com/news/state-news/fed…
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund retweeted
We don’t often post about things like this. This feels different.
Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis wasn’t just a graphic novel. It changed the public perception of what comics could do, and who they could speak for.
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Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. nyti.ms/3Q6JP70
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In collaboration with @HumbleBundle, Kodansha Presents: BL, Yuri & More from Ichijinsha! Save big with bundles from 8 volumes for just $1 to $30 for more than 100 volumes - all the while supporting CBLDF! The sale ends 6/19.
kodansha.us/2026/05/29/save-…
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund retweeted
More Fund Comics is a 2003 benefit anthology comic book created to raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).
The CBLDF is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, retailers, and readers. It provides legal aid in cases involving censorship, obscenity charges, and challenges to free expression in the comics medium (e.g., defending retailers arrested over specific titles or fighting book bans).
It's a star-spangled anthology (trade paperback) featuring short original stories, pin-ups, and sketches from dozens of top-name comics creators. It includes premieres of new concepts and a “CBLDF Sketchbook" section.
Notable contributors include George Pérez (who did this Hulk cover), Geoff Johns, Frank Cho, Adam Hughes, John Romita, Mike Oeming, Erik Larsen, Scot Kolins, Jerry Ordway, Stan Sakai, and many others.
It followed the earlier Fund Comics and was succeeded by Even More Fund Comics. The first volume reportedly helped raise significant dollars (tens of thousands) for CBLDF's legal defense work.
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Suing the Trump admin gets most att’n, but all should note targeting of auction co. over promo use of songs. TikTok etc is getting us used to adding music to what are effectively ads online; it’s a widely unacknowledged risk.
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Good Grief: ‘Peanuts’ Music Owners Launch Legal Blitz Over ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Songs
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The Authors Guild is collecting information from authors whose publishers failed to register their books with the U.S. Copyright Office, and who believe they were excluded from the ‘Bartz v. Anthropic’ class action settlement as a result. buff.ly/jMkBvyR
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Last call on The Boys: The Grand Finale comic bundle and titles like:
- The Boys Volume 1 - 12
- The Boys: Dear Becky Issues 1 - 8
- Supports @cbldf | bit.ly/4v55DzA
ALT The Boys: The Grand Finale | Humble Book Bundle
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This is the company managing works like “Lone Wolf & Cub”
“The copyright management of manga creator Kazuo Koike's works was handled by Kazuo Koike Works Dissemination Association Co. Ltd., which received a bankruptcy commencement order from the Tokyo District Court on May 14.”
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Payment providers are themselves caught in web of U.S. lawsuits vs. credit card companies for accepting payments for adult material; U.S. laws; EU, other laws internationally; impetus to minimize risk in compliance, legal dep'ts. AI monitoring levels up all.
Paypalが、成人向け作品のコミッション支払いを受け取るクリエイターに対して、永久的なアカウント制限等の実施を行っているという報告が増えています。昨日は、Kickstarterに対して決済プロセッサーであるStripeが規制強化を要請していたことが明らかにされましたが、これら金融検閲の流れは今なお世界的に強まっており、表現内容への介入を防ぐ法的対応や、自由が担保された決済手段の確保を進める必要があります。
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Google canceling accounts due to Gmail and Drive content is a serious issue. We had a related issue – Gmail started filtering out our legal defense correspondence after the lawyer trying to censor Gender Queer filed a brief alleging it was CSAM.
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昔描いたマンガのデータをドライブにアップしたら警告が出て再審査請求も却下されGoogleのアカウントをBANされた話…対策のアドバイスが集合 togetter.com/li/2697768.
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AI is scaling up content review and removal exponentially.
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As I warned long before I was @cbldf, the death of the Comics Code was not the end of censorship; it was merely evolving. Algorithmic platform censorship was – and remains – my greatest concern, in part because much of it is immune to First Amendment court challenges.
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Starting today at 1:45pm Eastern – Jeff Trexler live on Comic Industry Insiders to discuss the impact of payment provider compliance, debanking, platform rules, etc. on free expression through comics! youtube.com/watch?v=3QGGDjmp…
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The following appears to be the direct link! youtube.com/watch?v=lGql10JM…
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund retweeted
JEFF SMITH RECOGNIZED WITH MILTON CANIFF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
We're overjoyed to share this amazing news! Congratulations, Jeff!
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Here's the cover to the 2004 political parody comic by Pulitzer nominee Peter Kuper mentioned in yesterday's post, along with an explanation of the case. Both are from the 2011 @CBLDF @Cryptozoic Liberty Trading Cards set!
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Congratulations @an_anandrk on the Pulitzer! This post has the linked to trAPPed, a Kafkaesque graphic journalism nightmare.
Bloomberg News has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for “trAPPed,” a graphic novel depicting the psychological ordeal of a woman in India held under “digital arrest” for eight days, subjected to 24/7 surveillance in a widespread and ruinous scam. bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
🎨: Anand RK
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