Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novel Neverwhere has been returned to classrooms in Alamogordo, New Mexico, after the approval of a review committee and worldwide protest that included a letter signed by CBLDF! District spokesperson Doyle Styling talked to Karyn M. Peterson with…
Category: News Blog
This will show up on the main blog page
CBLDF Defends The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian in Montana Victory
A Billings, Montana, parent’s crusade against Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ended after a packed school board meeting last night, during which the school board elected to retain the novel in area classrooms. CBLDF joined…
Cartoonist Zunar Loses Appeal Over Wrongful Arrest
A Malaysian political cartoonist who was arrested and charged with sedition just before the publication of his 2010 book has lost an appeal of his suit against the government for wrongful arrest. Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, better known by the pen…
Get Personalized Holiday Gifts From Legendary Creators in CBLDF’s 2013 Spirit of Giving Holiday Fundraiser!
Alan Moore leads creators Evan Dorkin, Paul Levitz, Larry Marder, Terry Moore, Paul Pope, Jeff Smith, Vivek Tiwary, and Brian K. Vaughan in celebrating The Spirit of Giving this holiday season by signing and personalizing graphic novels for Comic Book…
Last Chance! Join The Creators of Bone, Mutts, Battling Boy & More At Sunday’s CBLDF Benefit Brunch!
Get Your Tickets Before They’re Gone! This Sunday, November 10, Jeff Smith, creator of the graphic novel masterpiece Bone, will unveil his new series Tuki Save The Humans with a public performance at the Society of Illustrators in New York…
School Threatens Expulsion of 8-Year-Old Arizona Boy Over Drawings
Last week, as many children throughout the country were celebrating Halloween by dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating for candy, an 8-year old student at Scottsdale County Day School in Arizona was being threatened with expulsion for his drawings of…
Parent to Appeal School’s Decision to Keep The House of the Spirits in Curriculum
This week, a review committee in North Carolina sided with the freedom to read when they voted unanimously to keep Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits in the curriculum, but the parent who filed the complaint against the book…
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Bans Sex Criminals #2
After extended review, Apple has decided to ban Image Comics’ Sex Criminals #2 from ComiXology’s iOS app based on undisclosed violations of their content guidelines. Image Publisher Eric Stephenson and creators Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky spoke exclusively with CBLDF…
Pennsylvania School District Quashes Challenge to Curious Incident
Despite a recent challenge due to profanity, Mark Haddon’s critically-acclaimed novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will remain on a high school summer reading list in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. According to the Scranton Times-Tribune, a parent…
New Paul Pope Print, Jeff Smith & Larry Marder Signings At Comic Arts Brooklyn This Saturday!
Come support CBLDF this Saturday at Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB), where Jeff Smith and Larry Marder will be signing and where the Fund will have an all-new, CBLDF-exclusive signed and numbered print from Paul Pope! CAB is a free public…