One of South Africa’s most well-known political cartoonists has become embroiled in controversy since the publication of a cartoon with what he said were unintended racist overtones. The cartoon by…
Herblock Prize Recipient on Political Cartoons and Free Speech
CBLDF Podcast Episode 17: CHUCK PALAHNIUK
In this episode, we speak with author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Fight Club 2, Choke), who has just completed adapting Fight Club 2 as a graphic novel with artist Cameron Stewart. Topics: Kolchak the Night Stalker,…
Grand Rapids Public Library Celebrates Local Cartoonist Celebrity Gert Van Houten
Ten Challenged or Banned Comics for Your Summer Reading List
Happy Memorial Day! With summer unofficially underway, here are some challenged and banned comics to read at the beach or on those lazy backyard hammock days. 1. Bone…
Perks of Being a Wallflower Returns to High School Classrooms in Pasco County
Pasco County, Florida superintendent of schools Kurt Browning has decided not to ban Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower…
New Podcast Tackles Free Speech
Using Graphic Novels in Education: Teaching the Holocaust with Comics
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…
Perks of Being a Wallflower Banned in Florida Middle School
A review committee in Pasco County, Florida voted to ban Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower from a middle school yesterday after two parents complained about the book’s…
Babymouse Creators Talk About the Power of Comics for Young Readers
CBLDF Joins Defense of This One Summer in MN School
CBLDF this week signed on to a letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Kids’ Right to Read Project urging the school district in Henning, Minnesota, to restore Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s graphic novel…
RETAILERS: CBLDF Defender #6, Featuring NOELLE STEVENSON, FOCs Today!
Look behind the scenes of the runaway hits Lumberjanes and Nimona with an in-depth interview with Noelle Stevenson! CBLDF talks to Noelle and more in the latest issue of CBLDF Defender, out June 15, 2016. Retailers, FOC is today (APR161497), so now’s the time to stock up on this…
Unveiled A Nightmare on Elm Street Comic Cover Offers Glimpse into Horror Comics Recent Past
Anti-violence advocacy groups may have pressured the comic book adventures of everyone’s favorite worst nightmare Freddy Krueger out of publication in the early 1990s, but the unveiling of a relic from the recent past by Joe Jusko offers us a…
Utah Responds to Brewvies Deadpool Lawsuit
“The statutory regulation does not violate the First Amendment.” So claims the state of Utah in response to the lawsuit that the Brewvies theater in Salt Lake City has brought against the Utah Department of Alcoholic…
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Presents: The CBLDF ARCHIVES Moving Sale!
As part of our cross-country move from New York City to Portland, Oregon, we’ve opened our archives for some great original art, sketches, and rarely seen or out of production prints! Be sure to see the other pieces in this…