Although considered a modern comics classic that’s delighted millions of readers all over the world, Jeff Smith’s multi-volume epic Bone is also one of the most commonly challenged series in American libraries and schools. According to ALA’s Office…
“Death Note” Found in New Hampshire High School Causes Panic
New Comic Book Day: Don’t Miss Batman Year 100 Deluxe Edition, Signed by Paul Pope!
Paul Pope’s Batman Year 100 hits the shelves today, now bound and collected in a deluxe hardcover edition. This edition contains all four issues from the original series run as well as never before published…
Nominate a Defender of Free Speech for Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards!
Cartoonists On The Front Lines: The Economist Cartoonist on Free Expression in Turkey
St. Petersburg Nabokov Museum Sends Nude Comics Packing
Sequential artists Dominique Goblet and Kai Pfeiffer are scratching their heads in bewilderment after an exhibition of their work in St. Petersburg, Russia was shut down, even after…
Farghadani Subjected to Virginity Test in Investigation of “Illegitimate Relations”
Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, currently serving a nearly 13-year prison sentence for caricaturing members of parliament as animals, last week faced trial on the further charge of…
5 Year Court Battle Leads to Censorship of Lebanese Comics Magazine
This Weekend: Join CBLDF in San Francicso for APAture 2015: Comics & Illustration Showcase!
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…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: The Underwater Welder
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…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Protecting Right to Read in NJ School District
In response to an online petition calling for the removal of Ariel Dorfman’s play Death and the Maiden and Bernard MacLaverty’s novel Cal from the curriculum at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High…
Humble Indie Bundle & Humble Store Purchases Benefit CBLDF!
Right now, our friends at Humble Bundle are running a pair of amazing promotions to support the important work of CBLDF! Through 11:00 a.m., October 13, a portion of your pay-what-you-want dollars for the Humble Indie…
NYCC 2015: Friday with CBLDF
This weekend, we’re in our home base of New York City for New York Comic-Con! October 8-11, you’ll find us at booth #1764 in the Javits Center with exclusive CBLDF merchandise — including the brand-new CBLDF…
Thai Cartoonist Threatened by Military
Earlier this week, Thai cartoonist Sakda Sae Iew (also known as Sia) and other journalists were taken into military custody by the Royal Thai Army to discuss problems with their subversive works and “adjust their political attitudes” — discussions that…