This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with a slew of fantastic books, including Megahex and One More Year, signed & sketched by Simon Hanselmann; Daytripper, De:Tales, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, and more, signed by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon; Babes in Arms, signed by Trina Robbins; Kirby: King…
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Zunar Sues Police Over Books Lost in Raid
Once again, Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar has filed a lawsuit against police seeking the return of books and t-shirts that were seized in a raid of one of his public fan events. He also wants to recoup lost sales of…
VICTORY in California: Conejo Valley Board Finally Approves Part-Time Indian
After a two-month delay, the Conejo Valley School Board in Thousand Oaks, California finally voted 4-1 last night to approve Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian as part of the 9th grade curriculum. The holdup was…
West Fargo Library Defends LGBTQIA Book Display Over Lawmaker Objections
Despite complaints from two local legislators, the public library in West Fargo, North Dakota has no plans to modify a book display that includes LGBTQIA-themed titles. Reps. Ben Koppelman and Chris Olson say that constituents have contacted them particularly in…
Nude Option Removed from U.S. Xbox Release of Conan Exiles
When the Norwegian-made multiplayer open-world survival game Conan Exiles makes its Xbox debut this week, players in North America will notice one major difference from the much-talked-about version already available worldwide on Steam: all prehistoric barbarians will be properly clothed,…
New Book Recalls the Other Satire Magazines of the Classic Era
For today’s jaded consumer of satire in all forms, it is perhaps easy to underestimate the monumental influence of satirical magazines in the 1950s and ‘60s. Of course, chief among these was MAD, the brainchild of Bill Gaines who founded…
Brownstein to Speak at Library of Congress Next Month
Next month as every September, CBLDF will be in Bethesda, Maryland for the Small Press Expo, North America’s premiere independent cartooning and comic arts festival which has generously supported our work for the past five years. But this year on…
Russian Man Fined for Posting Jesus Cartoons on Social Media
A man in Sochi, Russia was convicted last week of “offending religious believers’ feelings” by sharing several satirical cartoons of Jesus Christ on social media in 2014. Although he has since deleted the cartoons, Viktor Nochevnov was prosecuted under a…
New IDW GNs: Signed by Joe Hill, Kevin Eastman, Walter Simonson, & more!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with some fantastic GNs from our friends at IDW! Check out Locke & Key: Heaven & Earth, signed by Joe Hill; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Artisan Edition, signed and sketched by Kevin Eastman; Ragnarök Volumes…
California Congressman Defends Student’s Painting Against Calls for Removal
Following on the heels of a Congressional dispute over a St. Louis teen’s painting that included a police officer with a boar-like head, another painting that hangs in a district office of California Rep. Lou Correa has become a new…