A historical milepost article on The Columbus Dispatch website, an Ohio-based periodical, revisits September 28, 1954, when the city’s mayor composed a panel to review the censorship of comics. In assembling the panel, Columbus mayor M.E. Sensenbrenner noted that the FBI…
George R.R. Martin Supports CBLDF For Banned Books Week!
LGBT Graphic Novels Face Frequent Challenges
Regular CBLDF readers are probably already aware that comics and graphic novels are frequently challenged or banned for content that would pass without comment in an all-text novel. Would-be censors, often clinging to the notion that any book with lots…
TONIGHT IN NYC: Fifty Shades of Banned!
If you’re near New York, you can celebrate Banned Books Week with an evening of stirring readings from erotic classics at Fifty Shades of Banned: A Celebration of Erotic Literature. The event starts tonight at…
Shop the CBLDF Donation Center During Banned Books Week!
If you’re having a hard time finding a copy of a banned comic, looking for the perfect t-shirt to declare that you read banned comics, or if you need a print or poster to declare your love for the freedom…
Zut Alors! Stockholm Library Briefly Bans Tintin
In the course of one day, a library in Sweden banned and then lifted the ban on Tintin comics. The comic series, by Belgian comic artist Georges Remi, is about the misadventures of a young reporter and…
Virtual Read-Out: AND TANGO MAKES THREE
It’s Banned Books Week, and bookstores, libraries, authors, and readers around the country are celebrating by participating in the Virtual Read-Out, an officially sponsored YouTube channel that compiles videos of people reading their favorite banned and challenged literature. Stephanie Hartwell-Mandella,…
Join Comics Retailers for Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week, the national celebration of the Freedom to Read is underway! Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a sponsor of Banned Books Week, and we will be joined in the celebration by members of ComicsPRO, the comics retailer…
SIDESCROLLERS: When One Citizen Takes Away the Rights of Parents
Banned Books Week is underway, and we’re taking the time to examine some of the books that have been challenged and banned in libraries and schools. To kick off the week, let’s take a look at…
Bill Moyers Calls Out Book Censors for Banned Books Week
Award-winning broadcast journalist Bill Moyers discusses book banning and the harms of censorship in a new video essay to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association…
Banned and Challenged Comics REVEALED!
ComicsPRO Retailers Celebrate Banned Books Week!
Banned Books Week, the national celebration of the Freedom to Read, starts this Sunday! Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a sponsor of Banned Books Week, and will be joined in the celebration by members of ComicsPRO, the comics retailer…
Support CBLDF At Wizard World Ohio Comic Con!
This weekend come support the CBLDF at the Wizard World Ohio Comic Con! CBLDF’s Columbus based volunteer crew will be at Booth 123 with t-shirts, signed graphic novels, a raffle, and other thank you items for folks supporting the Fund’s…
Books Win Temporary Reprieve in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania school district has retained two challenged titles — Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Curtiss Sittenfeld’s Prep — on its high school reading list. However, the reprieve may be temporary, as the books…
U.S. National Archives Holdings Provide New Insight Into 1954 Anti-Comics Hearings
Happy National Comic Book Day! In honor of the occasion, the U.S. National Archives shared some wonderful items from their collection on their Facebook page. All became federal records in 1954, when they were presented to a Senate subcommittee which…