We’re only a week away from Chicago’s celebration of all things geeky, C2E2! We’ve lined up an exclusive new t-shirt for the show, signed merch, panels, and much more for comic defenders! We’ll also have exclusive signings at CBLDF booth…
Author: Betsy Gomez
Actor and Columnist Sentenced to Prison for Sharing Cartoon
Turkish actor and columnist Orhan Aydin has received a suspended sentence of 11 months and 20 days prison for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by sharing a cartoon on social media. Aydin shared a cartoon by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff that…
This One Summer Tops ALA’s Top Ten Challenged Books List
Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s award-winning graphic novel This One Summer sits at the top of the American Library Association’s list of the most challenged books in 2016. Other comics in the top ten are Drama by Raina Telgemeier and Big Hard Sex…
CBLDF Joins Defense of Jacob’s New Dress
CBLDF has joined a Kids’ Right to Read Project-led coalition to protest the removal of Sarah and Ian Hoffman’s Jacob’s New Dress from a first grade anti-bullying program in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina. CBLDF is a sponsor of KRRP. CBLDF…
Reading Without Walls: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang
This month, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang officially ushers in the permanent annual version of his Reading Without Walls challenge. Recently Yang sat down with CBLDF Editorial Director Betsy Gomez to talk about the challenge and the importance…
She Changed Comics: Teaching Resources Now Available!
Thanks to your overwhelming support, we didn’t just fund She Changed Comics, our resource about the women who changed free expression in comics — we also funded teaching guides for higher education, high school, and middle school. Those guides are…
Join CBLDF for MoCCA Fest This Weekend!
This weekend finds CBLDF on both coasts — WonderCon in Anaheim and the one and only MoCCA Arts Festival in New York City! During MoCCA Fest, you’ll find us at booth G236-237, where we’ll host Cliff Chiang for signings each day…
Join CBLDF at WonderCon Anaheim This Weekend!
WonderCon has returned to Anaheim this year, and we’ll be there to fight for the freedom to read comics! Find us at booth #1209 at the Anaheim Convention Center, March 31 – April 2, with a slew of signed goodies…
She Changed Comics: Roberta Gregory Interview
Roberta Gregory uses dark humor to explore the modern world from a feminist perspective, and her groundbreaking work garners a broad spectrum of reactions, from veneration to outright rejection. During Emerald City Comicon she sat down with She Changed Comics editor Betsy…
VICTORY: “Beloved Bill” Vetoed in Virginia
The bill that never dies, the so-called “Beloved bill” in Virginia has been put down by Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has vetoed the latest attempt to attack reading materials in schools. CBLDF joined multiple letters in opposition to the overly-broad legislation.…