John Green’s Looking for Alaska was briefly removed from middle school classroom reading collections in Lumberton Township, New Jersey, this week, but was soon reinstated by Superintendent Joe Langowski who says he has “learned much” from the ban — namely,…
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RETAILERS: Join CBLDF or Renew Your Membership by 10/19 to Score Exclusive Variants!
Every year, Diamond Comic Distributors runs a 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! Act now: The retailer membership…
“Death Note” Found in New Hampshire High School Causes Panic
Parents of Nashua High School North in New Hampshire are raising concerns in their community and online after the discovery of a “death note” book, containing the names of 17 different students along with brief statements about how they wronged…
New Comic Book Day: Don’t Miss Batman Year 100 Deluxe Edition, Signed by Paul Pope!
Paul Pope’s Batman Year 100 hits the shelves today, now bound and collected in a deluxe hardcover edition. This edition contains all four issues from the original series run as well as never before published sketch material — and when…
St. Petersburg Nabokov Museum Sends Nude Comics Packing
Sequential artists Dominique Goblet and Kai Pfeiffer are scratching their heads in bewilderment after an exhibition of their work in St. Petersburg, Russia was shut down, even after they agreed to censor it for nudity. The exhibit was part of…
Farghadani Subjected to Virginity Test in Investigation of “Illegitimate Relations”
Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, currently serving a nearly 13-year prison sentence for caricaturing members of parliament as animals, last week faced trial on the further charge of “non-adultery illegitimate relations” for shaking the hand of her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi. Moreover,…
This Weekend: Join CBLDF in San Francicso for APAture 2015: Comics & Illustration Showcase!
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, join CBLDF Editorial Director Betsy Gomez at the San Francisco Public Library for APAture 2015: Comics & Illustration Showcase! CBLDF will be on hand for this celebration of Asian Pacific…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Protecting Right to Read in NJ School District
In response to an online petition calling for the removal of Ariel Dorfman’s play Death and the Maiden and Bernard MacLaverty’s novel Cal from the curriculum at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in Rumson, New Jersey, CBLDF today joined with…
Humble Indie Bundle & Humble Store Purchases Benefit CBLDF!
Right now, our friends at Humble Bundle are running a pair of amazing promotions to support the important work of CBLDF! Through 11:00 a.m., October 13, a portion of your pay-what-you-want dollars for the Humble Indie Bundle 15 and 10%…
NYCC 2015: Celebrate CBLDF Liberty Annual 2015 Tonight!
New York Comic-Con is has commenced, and CBLDF is ready to welcome fans to NYC with the CBLDF NYCC Welcome Party and the CBLDF Liberty Annual Signing and Release Party! First, join CBLDF at Forbidden Planet (832 Broadway, New York,…