Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read, will be held the week of September 24th in 2017. For this year’s celebration, the coalition of organizations that sponsors Banned Books Week will emphasize the importance of the First…
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Library of Congress Celebrates Comics During D.C.’s Awesome Con
Comics old and new are in the spotlight this week at the Library of Congress! Today through Saturday, June 17, the nation’s library is showcasing comics from its collection in the pop-up exhibit Library of Awesome. On Friday, Librarian of…
VICTORY: Minnesota School Board Stands by Alexie Book
In a 3-2 vote, the school board for the New London-Spicer school district has affirmed an administrator’s defense of Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The book is part of the 8th grade curriculum in the district…
LAST WEEK for the Humble Comics Bundle: Eisner Nominees 2017 Showcase, Benefitting CBLDF & Hero Initiative
Humble Bundle and the comics industry’s finest publishers are teaming up for a new digital comics bundle, sampling the 2017 Eisner Award nominees to support charity! Act now — there’s just one week left for this amazing pay-what-you-want offer! The…
Wuvable Oaf Signed & Sketched by Ed Luce, Fifth Beatle & More Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is offering some fantastic items to reward your donations, including Wuvable Oaf Vol 1 & Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal HCs, signed & sketched by Ed Luce; The Fifth Beatle, signed by Vivek Tiwary; and “Comics Are for Everybody” pins, patches, and tote…
ONE WEEK LEFT: Humble Sekai Project Bundle Benefits Charity, Including CBLDF!
The Humble Sekai Project Bundle offers up to $289 worth of visual novel titles like NEKOPARA Vol. 2, Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition, and more — many fully voiced in Japanese — to benefit CBLDF, Doctors Without Borders, and…
CBLDF Podcast Episode 20: Ed Luce
In this episode, we speak with cartoonist Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf) about coming to comics from fine arts, educating a new generation, and life in the Oaf-O-Verse. We discuss his early inspirations, and how he has managed to find broad appeal with…
Thirteen Reasons Why Author Cites Reader Experiences to Fight Censorship
Jay Asher’s young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why, first published 10 years ago, has recently returned to the national spotlight due to this year’s Netflix series based on it–which is both a hit with teens and a source of anxiety…
New Jersey Student’s Trump Art Removed from High School Show
A high school junior in Morristown, New Jersey, is finding himself in the limelight after his satirical portrait of President Donald Trump was removed from his school’s annual art show. Morristown High School student Liam Shea said that Principal Mark Manning…
Retail Member Spotlight: Green Brain Comics
CBLDF’s work is possible because of our members, which include comics retailers such as Katie and Dan Merritt of Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan. For the latest issue of CBLDF Defender, we grabbed a moment with Dan and Katie…