If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, join CBLDF Editorial Director Betsy Gomez at the San Francisco Public Library for APAture 2015: Comics & Illustration Showcase! CBLDF will be on hand for this celebration of Asian Pacific…
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School Board Stands by Curious Censorship in Florida
Earlier this week CBLDF joined the Kids’ Right to Read Project to protest Principal Allen Burch’s decision to pull Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from the summer reading program at Lincoln High School in…
ACLU’s Banned Books Beach Reads
Summer’s in full-swing and what could be better beach reading than a bag full of banned books! Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, recently put together a list of her controversial favorites that prove not only to…
Index on Censorship Provides Resources to Protect Artists in the UK
US citizens are protected by the First Amendment, but in the UK there are several additional laws and practices that are designed to protect free speech but are often misinterpreted, leading to censorship. Whether you’re a British artist or an…
New Law Would Censor the Internet in South Africa
Right now, South Africa’s government is considering a new and highly controversial digital content law that, if passed unaltered, would essentially authorize widespread censorship of the internet. The Online Regulation Policy drafted by the Film and Publication Board of South…
Imposing Rules on Satire Harms Free Expression
From events like the attack on Charlie Hebdo to the governmental persecution of cartoonists around the world, in light of what seems to be a disturbing increase in attacks on free speech a series of questions continue to come up in…
Three Graphic Novels Among ALA’s Ten Most Challenged Books of 2014
Graphic novels made a big splash in 2014, including first ever Caldecott and Newbery honors. But they also made their way into one of the places we hate to see them most: ALA’s 2014 Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books.…
Bonil: “The Role of a Cartoonist Is to Be a Dissident”
Ecuadorian cartoonist Bonil — a frequent target of governmental censors and recently threatened by ISIS — spoke with free speech advocacy group and watchdog organization Freedom House about the dire state of free expression in his home country. When Rafael…
Gilbert School Board Keeps Toni Morrison’s Beloved on the Reading List
Gilbert, Arizona, public school system is once again in the news for a book challenge. This time it is Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-Prize winning seminal novel Beloved. The Gilbert school board recently received more than 100 letters from members of the…
Humble Bundle & Dynamite Add MORE TITLES to Holiday’s Biggest Comics Bundle!
Humble Bundle is excited to once again be teaming with Dynamite Entertainment after enjoying an incredibly successful partnership this past summer. Dynamite is the gatekeeper to some of comics’ hottest licenses and original properties, and this go-round they will be…