Last time we checked in with the Muhlenberg School District in Reading, Pennsylvania, some incredibly sharp students had organized a petition in protest of a new policy requiring teachers to flag any books in their classrooms with content that could…
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$10 Million Plan to Research Video Games and Violence Hasn’t Happened
Like comic books in the past, video games have become the nation’s new whipping boy when it comes to finding something to blame for the horrific gun violence that seems to be popping up every few months. Despite loads of…
The Lost Comics Code of Australia
The Comics Code Authority highlights one of the darkest periods of comic book history. As a direct result of criticism from the Senate, the Code was implemented by the comics industry, leading to years of self-censorship in an attempt to…
Retailers: Today Is FOC for Evil Empire CBLDF Comics Code Variant!
Retailers Members are invaluable partners in the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s fight for the freedom to read! Retailer Members have the exclusive opportunity to pick of variant covers of hit titles in the CBLDF COMICS CODE VARIANT series, and…
Fighting Censorship Is (Big) Easy At Wizard New Orleans!
This weekend CBLDF kicks off the 2014 convention year at Wizard World New Orleans, where we’ll be releasing the Deadly Class #1 Liberty Variant, and offering a host of new items including signed Neil Gaiman and Brian K. Vaughan books! …
Using Graphic Novels in Education: March: Book One
Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of graphic novels and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In this column, we examine graphic novels, including…
Malaysian Cartoonist Zunar Speaks at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, the pen name of Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, was arrested for seidition in 2010, hours before a collection of his new political cartoons was published. Zunar faced down his government and successfully avoided the sedition charges and won…
Should Graphic Novels Be Required Reading? We Say Yes!
It’s no secret that graphic novels are influential through all forms of media—just look at TV lineups and summer movie blockbusters. Recently, i09 hosted an open channel asking what graphic novels their commenters thought should be required reading in high…
Print Magazine’s February Issue Focuses on Comics Censorship
The February 2014 issue of Print Magazine — the Sex & Design issue — is a natural fit for a discussion on comics censorship because sexual is content is the dominant reason comics are challenged and banned. In the issue,…
Religious Satire Cartoon Sparks Death Threats
Earlier this month, Maajid Nawaz, the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hampstead and Killburn in the UK, tweeted a Jesus and Mo comic strip, sparking a petition to deselect him from the running. Nawaz has also received death threats…