A school district in Stonington, Connecticut, has removed George Orwell’s classic dystopia Animal Farm from the eight-grade curriculum despite the protestations of a popular longtime teacher and several parents in the district. The book was removed from the district’s list…
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She Changed Comics Makes 2017 Amelia Bloomer List
CBLDF is proud to announce that She Changed Comics, our book collecting profiles of more than 60 women who transformed the landscape of free expression and expanded the comics artform, has been named to the 2017 Amelia Bloomer List of…
Mangaman Retained After Challenge in Washington School
One of the more memorable book challenges that we covered last year came when the mother of a high school student in Issaquah, Washington pushed to have the graphic novel Mangaman removed from Issaquah High School’s library due to one…
NYC High School Seniors Could Win Scholarship for Original Graphic Novel
New York City high school seniors have the chance to express themselves and take home up to a $10,000 scholarship for their original comics work, but they’ll need to act soon — entries in the contest must be postmarked by…
Yang’s “Reading Without Walls” to Become Annual Program
When Gene Luen Yang was appointed last year as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he chose a platform of “Reading Without Walls,” which encourages readers to choose books that touch on experiences different from their own. Now entering the…
Celebrate Image Day With Signed Walking Dead, Nameless, Wytches, and More!
Celebrate 25 years of Image with signed books, including The Walking Dead Volume One Hardcover signed by Charlie Adlard, Nameless Deluxe Hardcover signed by Grant Morrison, Southern Bastards Volume One signed by Jason Aaron, Saga Volume One Deluxe Hardcover signed by Brian K. Vaughan, Wytches signed by Jock or Scott Snyder, and more! Image, a long-time supporter of…
VICTORY in Virginia: State Board Rejects Classroom Censorship Proposal
VICTORY in Virginia! At a meeting last week, the state Board of Education rejected a proposed regulation that would have required schools to warn parents about educational materials containing “sexually explicit” content. CBLDF and our partners in the National Coalition…
New York Times to Drop Bestseller Lists for Graphic Novels and Manga
The New York Times announced without much fanfare last week that its bestseller lists for graphic books and manga will soon be discontinued, sending shockwaves through the publishing industry and some librarians scrambling to find alternate barometers of public demand…
YALSA Announces Great Graphic Novels for 2017
The Young Adult Library Services Association’s latest annual list of Great Graphic Novels is out! Books are nominated for inclusion on the list by members of YALSA, a division of the American Library Association, and then voted on by a committee made…
Charles Brownstein to Lead All-Star Comics Talk at University of Portland
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein and an all-star panel of experts will take a serious look at humor in comics on February 9 at the University of Portland! Join Brownstein, Diana Schutz, Mark Russell, Shannon Wheeler, and MK Reed for…