The Humble Star Wars Comics Bundle from Dark Horse Comics benefits CBLDF, but you better act fast — in just a few short hours, your chance to name your price for more than $250 worth of digital comics will vanish…
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Ohio School District Considers Challenge to Freedom Writers Diary
The Parkway Local School District in northwest Ohio last week formed a committee to consider a challenge to the collaborative memoir The Freedom Writers Diary after the father of a high school freshman asked that it be banned from classrooms.…
CBLDF Retail Member Drive Ends Today: Join for Exclusive Variant Covers!
Every year, Diamond Comic Distributors runs a CBLDF membership drive through Previews. During this drive, CBLDF offers special premiums — including gorgeous variant covers for some of the hottest first issues — exclusively for Retailer Members. FOC is here: Diamond’s CBLDF retailer membership drive ends today!
EXCLUSIVE: Comics Creators Talk Star Wars with CBLDF!
Last week, Humble Bundle and Dark Horse Comics launched the Humble Star Wars Comics Bundle to benefit CBLDF. We reached out to some of the creators behind theses classic comics and asked three simple questions about Star Wars and free…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: I Kill Giants
I Kill Giants, by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura, won the IGN Best of 2008, was voted one of the 10 Best Comics of 2009 by New York magazine’s Dan Kois; was a YALSA (Young Adult Library Association) 2010…
ALA Objects to Proposed Flagging of Books from Banned/Challenged Lists
Amidst the can of worms opened up when the Dallas-area Highland Park Independent School District recently suspended and then reinstated seven books on approved reading lists, it is important not to overlook one particularly alarming practice. Currently the district is…
THE HORROR: True Stories of Comics Code Censorship Recounted at NYCC
The Comics Code — the “guidelines” that resulted from United States Senate hearings that took place during the height of the Golden Age of comics and that are credited with the first major downfall of the comic book industry —…
Coalition Urges North Carolina High School to Reverse Cancellation of Play
CBLDF has joined the National Coalition Against Censorship and other advocates to protest the cancellation of a play at Maiden High School in North Carolina. The play, Almost, Maine, drew the ire of local churches because it features a same-sex…
UK Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Illegal Manga
A UK man last week pleaded guilty to 10 counts of possessing illegal manga and anime, a first since manga was added to the country’s child pornography laws in 2010. Robul Hoque of South Bank, Middlesbrough was sentenced to nine…
That’s No Moon: The Humble Star Wars Comics Bundle Adds Even More Titles!
These are the comics you’re looking for! Humble Bundle and Dark Horse Comics have teamed up on the Humble Star Wars Comics Bundle, and today, the Star Wars Comics Bundle universe expands to add four more amazing titles! Fans of…