Tag: Freedom of Speech

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Some Scary Stuff

Follow the link below for the full interview of Tom Neely and Dylan Williams experience with border officers going into Canada and two of the comic books they had in their possession.  Freedom of Speech and Expression, even though I don’t appreciate some content in the variety of types of media (comic books, books, or movies), I support the artists right to express themselves.  That’s what makes the United States special.  But you should always remember when you enter a foreign country your native country’s rights don’t transfer with you to whichever country you are visiting.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/tom-neely-dylan-williams-speak-out-on-their-customs-seizure-experience/

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Jefferson Muzzels

Each year the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression awards the Jefferson Muzzel Awards.  The awards are to point out, “abridgments of free speech and press and, at the same time, foster an appreciation for those tenets of the First Amendment.”  Linked below is the listing of the eight reciepeants of the Jefferson Muzzel Award and why they recieved them for this year.

http://www.tjcenter.org/muzzles/muzzle-archive-2011/

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CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s website has articles about them and Cryptozoic Entertainment joining together to make a trading card set to help raise funds for the organization.  Librarians should know that if you have comic book/graphic novel fans more than likely they like trading cards as well.  The card set is supposed to be comprised of 70 base cards and will have additional chase subsets.  There was no report as of yet how much these cards will be, but they should have a release date of July 2011.  The first link is to the full article about the card set and the second link is two images of some of the chase cards that artists have done for the set.  This could be a way for your patrons to give back to the medium that they love.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/cryptozoic-entertainment-partners-with-cbldf-for-liberty-trading-cards/

http://cbldf.org/homepage/first-look-at-liberty-sketch-cards/