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Catch CBLDF at New York Comic Con!

by Jordan Smith • September 29, 2022

New York Comic Con will take over the Javits Center in New York City next week, October 6 through 9. ReedPop once again presents the largest pop culture convention on the East Coast. CBLDF will be in attendance offering the…

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Virtual Event! Gender Queer in Virginia Beach: A Case Study Monday, September 19

by Jordan Smith • September 15, 2022

This Sunday, September 18, marks the start of Banned Books Week 2022. As a proud Banned Books Week Coalition member, we hope you’ll join us! CBLDF is hosting a virtual event Monday at noon Eastern with an exclusive look behind the recent victory…

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Sad Sack the Socialist: When the
United States Army Burned Comic
Books

by cbldf • September 7, 2022

by Brian M. Puaca As popular anxieties regarding comic books intensified after World War II, the federal government decided to enter the fray in 1954 by holding Congressional hearings to investigate the link between the four-color publications and juvenile delinquency.…

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Gender Queer Victory in Virginia Explained in 38 Tweets

by Jordan Smith • September 1, 2022

Tuesday marked a victory for Maia Kobabe and er graphic novel Gender Queer as a Virginia judge dismissed a lawsuit against it. The case that targeted both Gender Queer and A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas…

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Flamer Sparks Police Investigation in Texas

by Jordan Smith • August 25, 2022

Police temporarily removed the graphic novel Flamer by Mike Curato from a Katy ISD high school before the start of school this year. A criminal complaint alleging the district was providing material harmful to minors is what prompted the removal.  The initial…

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Keller ISD Removes Graphic Novels for the Second Time

by Jordan Smith • August 23, 2022

There are fewer books on the shelves this year in the Keller International School District. Keller ISD, in Texas, removed forty-one books before the start of school this year. Last Tuesday, the day before classes started, principals in the district…

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