. >> hi, i'm cory inside doctorow, i write science fiction novels and last year one for middle school readers. i'm a recovering bookstore woke. i also do part-time work for a group called electronic frontier foundation which does civil liberties work on privacy and surveillance and free expression online. and i mention that because a month ago we brought suit against the federal government to repeal a particularly pernicious, last-century internet law s and we're asking the court to invalidate it on the basis of its violations of the first amendment. so it relates to this work here. >> my name's jonathan hill, i'm an illustrator, i was the illustrator for a young adult graphic novel about a book banning in a small town, and i'm also a teacher, i teach comics, middle school through college. >> i'm charles brownstein, executive director of the comic book legal defense fund, and this year's chair of the banned books week coalition. i also write nonfiction about comics, and the most recent pieces are the one trick ripoff which are out there. >> okay. well, i forgot to mention i am a retir