In early August, CBLDF joined the National Coalition Against Censorship in defending several summer reading books that were challenged for “sexually explicit” content in Chesterfield County, Virginia. State Senator Amanda Chase, who has forced her way into the fray by suggesting…
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Gene Yang on “Reading Without Walls”
Since being selected as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, comics creator Gene Luen Yang has hit the ground running, encouraging young readers to break out of their literary comfort zone to explore “Reading Without Walls.” In a recent interview…
Bone Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Jeff Smith’s acclaimed, and sometimes controversial, comic series Bone celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. With the upcoming release of Bone: Coda, Playboy talks about the history of the series and Smith’s take on how the comic and graphic novel industry in general…
Exiled Cartoonist: “I’m From the Internet”
Despite 27 years in exile, Sudanese cartoonist Khalid Albaih has found a home: the internet. Like many cartoonists displaced by oppressive regimes, Albaih recognizes the power of the web as a tool for circumventing censorship, expressing dissent, and fomenting change. Albaih…
Turkish Cartoonists Refuse to Back Down in Post-Coup Crackdown
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spent years trying to crack down on free expression in the country. A failed July coup attempt heralded even more oppression, but much like previous attempts to stifle dissent, Turkey’s satirists are still finding ways to…
Banned in China: Suicide Squad Unlikely to See Release Due to Violence
Things are looking dire for a Chinese release of Suicide Squad. The movie has yet to appear on the internal release calendar for the China Film Group, the state-owned movie distributor that handles all imported films, indicating that the film has not…
She Changed Comics Retail Orders Due Monday 8/8
Retailers! The final order cut off for CBLDF’s She Changed Comics published by Image Comics, is this coming Monday, 8/8. Please use Diamond order code JUL160793. She Changed Comics is a definitive history of the women who changed free expression in comics, with…
New Jersey Parent Objects to “One-Way Thinking” in Supplemental Text
A parent in Chatham, New Jersey, is asking the local school district to remove excerpts of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States from the high school curriculum, claiming that the book encourages “one-way thinking” rather than critical…
We’re Back from Comic Con 2016 with New Premiums!
After another action-packed Comic Con International, we are back with a huge assortment of awesome new premiums! First, we have a few new signed books. WHAT IS OBSCENITY (donate here) is a compelling and charming look at obscenity laws in…
Jack Davis: The Man Who Revolutionized Comics Humor
Last week, we lost a true comics legend and luminary. Jack Davis is not only remembered as a founding member of MAD magazine and contributor to EC’s diverse line of comics, but also as a man who with his incredible…