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China Imposes New Restrictions on Foreign Picture Books
The Chinese government this month abruptly placed new restrictions on the publication of children’s picture books from abroad, reportedly in order to “reduce the influence of foreign ideas and enhance ideological control.” Authorities are not commenting directly, but four publishers…
Cartoonist Vilma Vargas Responds with More Humor in Face of Opposition
Cartoonist Vilma Vargas is from a country that has been none too kind to political dissent: Ecuador. President Rafael Correa has seemingly made a sport of censorship, which frequently targets cartoonists. Vargas’s work confronts human rights violations, endorses women’s rights,…
Turkish Artist and Journalist Sentenced to Two Years for Painting
A Turkish artist and journalist has been sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison for her painting showing the aftermath of the government’s assault on a Kurdish city last year. Authorities claim that Zehra Doğan endangered security by…
She Changed Comics: Lou Rogers, Advocate for Women’s Rights
When Lou Rogers first tried to break into political cartooning around 1908, “Editors said there were no women cartoonists,” a reporter and childhood friend recalled about 15 years later. “They said women couldn’t even draw jokes. They hadn’t any humor”…
Bare Shelves at Moscow Library of Ukrainian Literature
Over a year after the former director of Moscow’s Library of Ukrainian Literature was arrested and charged with “inciting ethnic hatred” through books, the city government appears to be quietly shutting down the library with a specious “merger” into a…
We’re Back From ECCC With Geof Darrow, Mike Mignola, Robert Kirkman, and More Signed Books!
We’re back from ECCC with some great new signed books, including The Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot HC and Shaolin Cowboy: Shemp Buffet HC both signed by Geof Darrow, BPRD: Plague of Frogs HC signed by Mike Mignola,…
Now Available: CBLDF Defender Vol. 2 #1, Featuring G. Willow Wilson!
CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the latest issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology, and right here at CBLDF.org!…
Egyptian Cartoonist Featured in New Documentary
The new documentary Tickling Giants puts the spotlight on the important role of satire and humor in political dissent–in this case, Egyptian heart surgeon-turned-comedian Bassem Youssef, who launched a Daily Show-inspired TV program in the midst of the Arab Spring…
Arkansas Bill Would Ban Howard Zinn Books from Classrooms Statewide
A state legislator in Arkansas earlier this month introduced a bill with a very specific and highly unconstitutional goal: to ban all books by or about historian Howard Zinn from public school classrooms in the state. The bill is scheduled…