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Humble Celebrates 10 Years of BOOM! with an EVEN MORE Massive Bundle to Benefit CBLDF!
For the past ten years, BOOM! has assembled quite the portfolio of comics, so as a way of commemorating their arrival into the double digits, Humble has assembled their digital comics into a bundle! And now, anyone who beats the…
Graphic Novelist Leila Abdelrazaq Detained, Questioned by Border Patrol Over Sketchbook
Graphic novelist Leila Abdelrazaq, who recently won critical praise for her book Baddawi, was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona for three hours last week after they spotted Arabic writing in her sketchbook. Abdelrazaq, a U.S. citizen of…
Will Eisner and the Mysterious Origin of the Graphic Novel
Chicago School Librarian’s Job Saved by Student Protest, Anonymous Donation
Score another win for student activists in Chicago Public Schools, who last week helped to avert the dismissal of their beloved librarian due to budget cuts. Sara Sayigh, librarian at the South Side’s DuSable Campus, had been slated to lose…
Lebanese Editors Use Government Censorship to Make More Comics
Charlie Hebdo Editor’s Posthumous Free Expression Manifesto Out Next Month
Nearly a year after the attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo which killed 12 people including five cartoonists, a manifesto on freedom of expression that editor Stéphane Charbonnier (widely known as Charb) completed shortly before his death will…
Administrators Shut Down Virginia Schools After Muslim Indoctrination Claim
Bid on Neil Gaiman Rarities to Benefit CBLDF!
It’s no secret that Neil Gaiman is one of the biggest defenders of the freedom to read, and he’s been an invaluable supporter of CBLDF’s mission to defend free speech. This week, CBLDF is delighted to auction a collection of…