On October 10th, a lawsuit was filed against EBSCO Industries Inc., a media aggregator database service, and Colorado Library Consortium, a non-profit benefitting Colorado libraries through the sharing of services and by offering continuing education for library staff. The lawsuit…
Category: Education
Putting Comics in Libraries, Classrooms, and Young Readers’ Hands
There’s a passionate blog post, with a phenomenal list of resources attached to it, that details Why Graphic Novels Belong in All of Our Libraries. The author, Pernille Ripp, talks about the struggle that many parents, teachers, and librarians will…
Beartown Pulled from NC High School
After community outrage, the North Carolina Rockville County School Board pulled Beartown by Fredrick Backman from a 10th grade English honors class required reading list, blaming the teacher’s lack of pre-approval and experience for the error. Parents called the book…
Fun Home Victory in New Jersey!
Alison Bechdel’s critically acclaimed memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic will remain in the English curriculum at Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey. The school board voted to keep the graphic novel 7 – 2, despite the calls for…
Kansas Teacher Suspended for Considering Part-Time Indian
According to The Emporia Gazette, Austin Schopper, an English teacher at Waverly High School in Kansas was suspended right before Banned Books Week, for suggesting The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian as an addition to his curriculum. The…
Kick off October with Spooky GNs Signed by Emil Ferris, Neil Gaiman, Tim Sale, & More!
This week you can support CBLDF and get your October off to a great start with spooky graphic novels including My Favorite Thing Is Monsters GN, signed by Emil Ferris; Death Deluxe HC, signed by Neil Gaiman; Batman: The Long Halloween TP, signed by Tim Sale; iZombie Omnibus HC, signed by Chris Roberson; The…
Don’t Miss a Minute of Fun with CBLDF at NYCC 2018!
Are you ready for New York Comic Con? CBLDF has lots of fun stuff planned for this year’s convention, and you’re going to want to mark your calendar so that you don’t miss a minute of it. CBLDF BOOTH #2258…
CBLDF New York Comic Con 2018 Party!
Join the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, ComiXology Originals, and the STREET PUMAS from PM Spirits, Saturday night, 8 pm, at MARY O’s, in the world-famous East Village, for a New York Comic Con exclusive event! Mix and mingle with…
Influential Banned Comics: Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez
“As a kid, the first issue of Love and Rockets I saw astonished me not just with its visual and storytelling mastery, but with the worlds it focused on – characters of every shape and background, from women selling babosas…
One of the Most Influential Banned Comics of All Time : Barefoot Gen
“[Barefoot] Gen burned its way into my heated brain with the intensity of a fever dream” Art Spiegelman notes in his introduction to Barefoot Gen Vol. 1. Even without the fever, Spiegelman was experiencing through his first read, Keiji Nakazawa’s semi-autobiographical manga is sure…