To celebrate today’s launch of CBLDF Defender #3, we have a very special episode of the CBLDF Podcast! In this episode, CBLDF Editorial Director Betsy Gomez speaks to cartoonist Raina Telegemeier (Drama, Smile, Sisters), and CBLDF Deputy Director Alex Cox…
Go Back to School with CBLDF Defender #3!
Tweeks: Persepolis Should Not Be Banned
Chinese Censorship Undermines Animation and Comics Industry
Japanese manga promotes juvenile delinquency, violence, and sex — these were some of the reasons that the Chinese Ministry of Culture used to outright ban 38 Japanese manga and anime. But some are beginning to explore whether similar Chinese-produced materials…
Duke Students Debate Fun Home Summer Reading Selection
As incoming freshmen at Duke University wrapped up orientation week on Friday, campus newspaper The Chronicle checked up on the reaction to the choice of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home as an all-class summer reading book. Although some…
CBLDF Liberty Annual 2015 Takes A Bow in Honor of National Lampoon
The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2015, published by Image Comics, is coming to local comic shops near you this October, and to celebrate great satire and what it means to truly embrace free speech, Bleeding Cool gives us a first look at…
IRONY ALERT: Downers Grove Council Approves Would-be Censor for Library Board
The village council of Downers Grove, Illinois, an affluent suburb of Chicago, on Tuesday approved the appointment of a would-be book banner to the town library’s board of…
Harvard Library Building Archival Collection on Charlie Hebdo Attacks
The Harvard Library is inviting submissions to a new physical and digital archival collection of materials related to the January attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris…
Tweeks Remind SideScrollers Challengers That They Don’t Have to Read It
The Tweeks Challenge Parents to Read The Color of Earth
Japan Censors Artist for Vagina Kayak
Back to School with Comics: Comic Book Club Handbook
What a Deal! CBLDF Liberty Cards Are Back In Hand!
Zunar Receives Grant Support from Human Rights Watch
As the Malaysian government continues to do everything in its power to prevent Zunar from selling his work openly, Human Rights Watch announced today that it will provide the…