The following images appeared in CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics. p. v: McDiarmid, Joyana. She Changed Comics fundraising logo. Illustration. 2016. p. 1: Brinkley, Nell. “Kathleen and the Great Secret.” Cartoon. In The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s…
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Diverse Comics for Classrooms and Libraries: Gender
Happy Banned Books Week! In this series, we compile a list of comics that have diverse content and creators for which we have developed resources. For this column, we take a look at comics that reflect gender diversity. The gender…
Challenge Policies Essential for All School Libraries
We may be currently in the middle of Banned Books Week, but challenges happen all year round. In addition to educating the public about censorship attempts during this annual event, it is absolutely essential for both school and public libraries…
Diverse Comics for Classrooms and Libraries: LGBTQ
Happy Banned Books Week! In this series, we compile a list of comics that have diverse content and creators for which we have developed resources. For this column, we take a look at comics by and/or about LGBTQ individuals. Many of…
PEN America Report Analyzes Challenges for Diverse Youth Literature
Banned Books Week 2016 starts this Sunday, and this year’s theme celebrates diversity! A high proportion of frequently challenged and banned books are by or about people of color or LGBTQ individuals. In advance of the annual celebration of the…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: HiLo by Judd Winick
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…
Minnesota Public Radio Challenges Adults to Read Controversial YA Books
Minnesota Public Radio is challenging adult readers to set aside preconceived notions of YA literature and to pick up some of today’s most critically acclaimed — and even controversial — books for teen audiences. From This One Summer, an award-winning graphic…
SDCC 2016: CBLDF’s Comic-Con Welcome Party!
Kick-off Comic-Con with comics’ greatest creators at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s Comic-Con Welcome Party, sponsored by Image Comics and comiXology, with a special gallery display from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab! The fun starts at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, at the Westgate Hotel,…
Take PRIDE in Challenged and Banned LGBTQ Comics
June is Pride month, so celebrate with challenged and banned LGBTQ comics! As the recent murders in Orlando demonstrate, the LGBTQ community is still facing profound adversity. That adversity extends to censorship and challenges to books featuring LGBTQ characters and/or books by members of…
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…