An Alabama librarian who stood up to segregationists and censors in 1959 is featured in a new stage play based on the battle over Garth Williams’ picture book The Rabbits’ Wedding. Some Alabamans, most notably State Senator E.O. Eddins, wanted…
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In Midst of Sedition Trial, Zunar Launches Outdoor Exhibition
In anticipation of the next step in his sedition trial, Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar has launched a daring open-air exhibition of his works in a busy urban area near Kuala Lumpur. Although he risks being censored or even arrested again,…
MADNESS: The Humble MAD Magazine Bundle Expands to Benefit CBLDF
Humble Bundle goes totally MAD! Inspired by MAD’s gap-toothed grinning mascot Alfred E. Neuman, Humble Bundle has agreed to lower their usual high standards to present a one-of-a-kind bundle featuring 35 ridiculous issues and a 1-year digital subscription to…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: HiLo by Judd Winick
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 those that…
Artist Regains Access to Blog After Battle with Google
After an extended legal battle, author and artist Dennis Cooper has regained access to over 14 years’ worth of materials — including a work in-progress GIF novel — from his Blogger site which was abruptly shut down on June 27 by…
Get Ready for Banned Books Week!
It’s Labor Day, a celebration of America’s workers and the unofficial end of the summer and start of the school year. It also means we’re only three weeks way from the annual celebration of the right to read, Banned Books…
Saga, Lumberjanes, and More Harvey Award Nominated Books Benefit CBLDF!
The 2016 Harvey Award winners will be announced this Saturday, September 3 at Baltimore Comic Con! Support CBLDF by donating to get your very own copy of these excellent nominated books, signed by their creators! Among the nominees are critically acclaimed books including Saga,…
Celebrating Denis Kitchen
In 1986, Denis Kitchen helped defend the First Amendment rights of comic shops and creators who had become the targets of censors in an increasingly hostile consumer environment, laying the groundwork for what would become the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Today,…
Oklahoma Man Claims Library Promo Image Violates Religious Freedom
An Oklahoma man has publicly objected to a promotional photo from his local library system that shows a Muslim woman wearing hijab and reading a book. Norman resident Chad Grensky alleges that the photo is an unconstitutional endorsement of one religion…
Turkish Cartoonists Discuss Post-Coup State of Free Speech
Since the attempted coup in Turkey, the country’s administration has been arresting and silencing journalists and cartoonists in the country, so Cartoon Movement sat down with four cartoonists — Menekse Cam, Emrah Arikan, Halit Kurtulmus and Oguz Gurel — to discuss the state of affairs and what it means to…