Told from the perspective of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka, Barefoot Gen is creator Keiji Nakazawa’s critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical manga about the events leading up to and after the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. Spanning…
Principal Violates School Policy, Bans Book Without Consulting Review Committee
CBLDF Joins Coalition Protesting Book Ban in South Carolina
CBLDF has joined a coalition led by the Kids’ Right to Read Project to protest a principal’s actions at Ashley High School in Charleston, South Carolina. Based on a complaint from one parent…
Retailers: Stock Up on CBLDF’s Banned Books Week Handbook, FOCs Today!
Retailers: Today is the last day to order the latest edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook! Boasting a cover by Raina Telgemeier, whose book Drama was one of America’s most frequently challenged books in…
Slinging Satire: Exhibit Explores the Love/Hate Relationship with Political Cartoons
Dynamite Entertainment Offers Third Groupees Digital Comics Bundle to Benefit CBLDF!
Dynamite Entertainment and Groupees LLC, a unique media and charity bundling site, are teaming up for their third book bundle promotion that will once again allow comic fans, and potential new fans, the…
Emerging Arab Comic Artists Face Censorship
London’s Shubbak Festival is a biennial celebration of contemporary Arab culture that spotlights film, music, visual, and more with programming and events. One of the programs included in the 2015 edition of the festival, which took place in July, focused…
Help Last Gasp Get Barefoot Gen Into Schools and Libraries!
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, and with this momentous date, Last Gasp associate publisher Colin Turner is using Kickstarter to help deliver 4,000+…
ACLU’s Banned Books Beach Reads
The Tweeks Aren’t Afraid of The Graveyard Book
Adding The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel to Your Library or Classroom Collection
The Graveyard Book is a two-volume graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Newbery Medal-winning prose novel of the same name. Adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell, alongside artists Kevin Nowlan, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen…
The Return of CBLDF Grab Bags!
CBLDF is proud to present the return of the CBLDF Comics Grab Bags! Comics creators and industry professionals support the Fund in many ways, including donating comics from their own library! We’ve amassed a collection of comics spanning from the Silver…
Teachers Take Advantage of CBLDF’s Comics Connector!
Back to School with Comics: Raising a Reader!
Whether you have a student who is a reluctant reader, a student who needs more support, or a student who will read anything you put in front of…
Retailers: Stock up on the Third Issue of CBLDF Defender, FOCs Today!
The third issue of CBLDF Defender, a free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, is on the horizon! Each issue of CBLDF Defender brings engaging…