Category: Education

Podcast: Censorship Can Happen to Anyone

In the latest edition of the American Libraries Dewey Decibel Podcast, Phil Morehart led ALA director James LaRue, school librarian Sara Stevenson, and acclaimed author Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) in a discussion of the tough topic of censorship in American schools and libraries. None of…

Young Adult Author Discusses the Value of Adding Drama to Libraries

Three main characters from Drama walking across the stage with a purple curtain drawn.

According to Mike Jung, librarian, young adult author, and team member of the grassroots organization We Need Diverse Books, censors of Raina Telgemeier’s critically acclaimed graphic novel Drama got it all wrong. In a special Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out,…

RETAILERS: CBLDF Liberty Annual 2016 FOC is Today!

Image Comics and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are proud to present LIBERTY ANNUAL 2016, coming this November. Retailers act now — final order cutoff is today! Shipping on the eve of the U.S. election, this year’s installment of…

Survey Shows Stark Increase in Librarian Self-Censorship

It isn’t just upset community members who contribute to book censorship. A recent Controversial Books Survey done by School Library Journal found that school librarians themselves are more likely now than they were eight years ago to add content warning…

Join CBLDF in Seattle This Weekend at GEEKGIRLCON!

CBLDF is making its annual appearance at New York Comic-Con, but we haven’t forgotten the West Coast! You’ll also find us in Seattle for GeekGirlCon! We’ll be at booth #806 with signed goodies, She Changed Comics, and more! GeekGirlCon celebrates women’s…

AVAILABLE NOW: She Changed Comics!

Women have been making comics since the beginning, but there was an important story that hadn’t been told: how women changed free expression in comics. CBLDF tells that story in She Changed Comics, out today around the country! Kickstarter orders are on…

Join CBLDF at New York Comic-Con for Parties, Signings, Panels & More!

This Thursday, CBLDF joins comics fans and creators from around the world in New York City for New York Comic-Con! October 6-9, you’ll find us at booth #2258 in the Javits Center with exclusive CBLDF merchandise and apparel, signed graphic novels, prints,…

San Francisco: Join CBLDF This Weekend for the APAture Comics & Illustration Showcase

APAture is the annual multidisciplinary arts festival celebrating emerging Asian and Pacific Islander artists of the San Francisco Bay Area. Presented by Kearny Street Workshop, CBLDF will be joining the celebration this weekend for the Comics and Illustration Showcase, taking place…

Diverse Comics for Classrooms and Libraries: Gender

Happy Banned Books Week! In this series, we compile a list of comics that have diverse content and creators for which we have developed resources. For this column, we take a look at comics that reflect gender diversity. The gender…

I Am Jazz Authors Call Readers to Action for Banned Books Week

In celebration of Banned Books Week, co-authors of the much-challenged children’s book I Am Jazz, Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel, are calling on people to get out and read—especially the books “that some closed-minded person out there wanted desperately to…