Dynamite Entertainment has once again partnered with Groupees.com to launch the Dynamite 2017 Blockbuster Holiday Bundle! A portion of the proceeds benefit CBLDF’s important First Amendment work! The Dynamite 2017 Blockbuster Holiday Bundle has seven tiers to choose from, ranging from free to $15 for…
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Baltimore Pulls Buck Out of School
Baltimore County School District has caved to pressure from parents and removed MK Asante’s award winning memoir Buck from the curriculum at Digital Harbor High School. Parents claimed profanity, as well as graphically described sexual acts, were the reasons Buck was inappropriate for…
Zunar Condemns Malaysian Government’s Hypocrisy on Free Expression
Even as he faces up to 43 years in prison on sedition charges, political cartoonist Zunar is not holding back from calling out the Malaysian government’s hypocrisy and retaliatory blacklisting of performers who dare to speak up for regular citizens.…
ALA Members Establish Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table
Comics and the librarians who love them will soon have a more stable home within the American Library Association, thanks to the establishment of a Graphic Novels & Comics in Libraries Round Table which will have a budget for programming,…
Signed Books from CBLDF: The Gifts That Keep on Giving!
Still looking for the perfect gift? You’re in luck — we have an amazing array of graphic novels for all ages and interests, signed by the creators to help us fight for the right to read! Get amazing books signed…
NCAC Tells Texas School District to Reverse Ban on The Hate U Give
The National Coalition Against Censorship today urged the school district in Katy, Texas to obey its own challenge policy and restore Angie Thomas’ award-winning and critically-acclaimed novel The Hate U Give to school library shelves. The book is currently under…
ONE WEEK LEFT for the Humble Comics Bundle: Riverdale & Archie, Benefitting CBLDF!
The gang’s all here in the Humble Comics Bundle: Riverdale & Archie from Humble Bundle and Archie Comics to benefit CBLDF! But this bundle won’t last forever — there’s just one more week to name your price on $375 worth of Archie Comics…
Florida School District Won’t Ban Fahrenheit 451
The school district in Santa Rosa County, Florida is standing by Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, despite a complaint from an irony-challenged parent who demanded that the cautionary tale about censorship be removed from the 8th grade curriculum. Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick…
Lawyers Ask UN to Help Cartoonist Detained in Equatorial Guinea
It has now been almost three months since graphic novelist and political cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé was arrested without charge in his native country of Equatorial Guinea. Now a U.K.-based law firm specializing in human rights issues has teamed up…
LAST DAY for Personalized Gifts in CBLDF’s Spirit of Giving Campaign!
CBLDF’s 2017 Spirit of Giving holiday fundraiser gives you the chance to get personalized books from some of the biggest names in comics! But now is the time to act — TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE DRIVE! You can receive graphic novels signed and…