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Broad language used in a Washington State Early Achievers program that singles out specifically “fables, fairy tales, and nature/science books” has raised concerns about censorship in daycares across the state. Part of the Early Start Act, which was signed into law…
On October 9, author Laurie Stone was supposed to read an excerpt from her new book Life as an Animal for Columbia University’s student-run WKCR radio. But when the station demanded she excise material from the reading, she declined, leading…
Comics legend Lyn Chevli has passed away. Co-founder of Nanny Goat Productions, along with legend in her own right Joyce Farmer, Chevli is credited as the co-publisher of some of the most important feminist works of the underground comix era.…
Looking back on the anti-comics crusade of the 1950s, it is perhaps too easy to fall back on stereotypes: dull, repressed suburbanites trying to force their children to conform and read only what they considered to be “quality literature.” But…
She Changed Comics: The Untold Story of the Women Who Changed Free Expression in Comics is now available to order through CBLDF! This book began as a CBLDF Kickstarter project, and because of its success, we are now able to share it with all…
With the conclusion of Wizard World Tulsa, local news outlet Tulsa World took a look back on the war Tulsa and neighboring Oklahoma cities waged against comics in the mid-1950s. From book swaps exchanging comics for perceived “higher literature” and independent review committees organized by…
Comics evangelist Jack T. Chick died this week at 92, leaving a complicated legacy of free speech in the service of censorship. Less than a decade after comics were burned and censored by those who saw them as the cause…
Even health education isn’t safe from Facebook’s arbitrary nudity policy. The Swedish Cancer Society, Cancerfonden, ran into trouble with the social media giant earlier this month when they posted an animated breast cancer awareness video. It was taken down due to…
Thai authorities are scrambling to quash any perceived insult to their late King Bhumibol Adulyadej following his death on October 13, going so far as to scrub unfavorable results from Google services including the main search engine and YouTube. They…
We have some great Brian K. Vaughan books available this week, including the beautiful Saga Volume One deluxe edition hardcover, Y: The Last Man Book One deluxe hardcover, and Paper Girls Volume One trade paperback! In addition to these great books, we are…