by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Law Firm Fights Back with the Power of Comics
Clobbered by falling extinguishers! Fires erupting in the parking lot! What is a comic shop to do? Fight back with comics! A recent court filing on behalf of Third Planet Sci-Fi and Fantasy Superstore included a thirteen-page comic explaining their…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Overcoming Identity Censorship One-Sheet
For Pride this month, we wanted to share our resource — Overcoming Identity Censorship. Identity censorship is when a work is challenged based on the identity of the author or the subject matter of the book. LGBTQ+ content is the…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Victory! Supreme Court Issues Mahanoy Decision
Earlier this morning, the Supreme Court issued their opinion on Mahanoy v. B.L. In an 8–1 ruling, the Justices decided that the Mahanoy Area School District violated the First Amendment rights of B.L. The case revolved around B.L., a cheerleader, who was removed from…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Panelists Announced for Recoding Censorship
Join us this Thursday, June 24 at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern for our June Membership Meeting Recoding Censorship. We are pleased to announce the stellar panelists that will be joining us for our event. Guest panelists include Terry Anderson (Cartoonists…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Persepolis Removed from Required Reading List for “Graphic Nature”
It has appeared on numerous “Best of” lists, including The Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, it has won multiple awards and weathered numerous challenges. Despite all that, Persepolis is still causing controversy twenty years after its publication date. Long Island’s…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Facebook Censors “Fake News” Satire as “Fake News”
Facebook’s censorship algorithms strike again! Editorial cartoonist Ġorġ Mallia had his cartoon taken down for violating community standards; the strip in question was removed for spreading “false information about COVID-19 that could contribute to physical harm.” The problem is, the…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Recoding Censorship — June Membership Meeting
The Comics Code may be gone, but its specter remains. Our next online event, Recoding Censorship, will examine the changing state of censorship and what it means for comics today. How have challenges to comics in schools and libraries evolved in…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Drama Challenge Leads to Proposed Policy Change
Drama is under attack again. After several failed attempts to have the book removed this year, one parent has started a petition to change the book lending policy for the Columbia County School District in Georgia. As reported in The Augusta…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on What I’m Watching — Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana and Feels Good Man
This month for What I’m Reading, I abandoned my reading chair to sit in front of the TV. I watched two documentaries — Boiled Angels (2018) and Feels Good Man (2020). The common thread linking the films was the focus…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on CBLDF Joins Letter Calling on NC School Board to Clarify Policy
Last week, CBLDF co-sponsored a letter initiated by the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) in support of the book One of a Kind, Like Me/Único como yo written by Laurin Mayeno, with art by Robert Liu-Trujillo. The letter was sent to the…