In 2014, Raina Telgemeier’s Drama made the American Library Association’s top 10 list of frequently challenged books due to a ban at Chapel Hill Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, Texas. The specific reason for the ban has not…
Be a Free Speech Superhero with CBLDF At HeroesCon This Weekend!
CBLDF is returning to Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend for HeroesCon 2015! You can be a #comicdefender with CBLDF at booth 1222! Heroes Convention was founded in 1982 by Shelton Drum,…
Police Brutality Project Pulled from School
Connecticut Middle Schooler Investigated by State Police for “Death Note” List
A seventh grader in Griswold, Connecticut is suspended from school and under investigation by state police after he was found to have compiled a list of classmates in a “death note” booklet inspired by the manga…
Dynamite and StoryBundle.com Celebrate Summer with First Ever Bundle of Digital Omnibus Editions, Benefiting CBLDF and Girls Write Now
Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce that StoryBundle, the unique literature bundling site known for its support of indie authors, will host a brand-new graphic novel promotion that will allow readers to…
Atena Farghadani’s Lawyer Also Under Arrest in Iran
Just a few weeks after Iranian artist and activist Atena Farghadani was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for drawing a cartoon of her country’s lawmakers, her defense lawyer Mohammad Moghimi has now been arrested as well. The alleged…
Crafton Hills College Stands By Graphic Novel Course
Facing the wrath of the Internet, Crafton Hills College affirmed yesterday that it will not be “eradicating” any graphic novels from its English 250 course as 20-year-old student Tara Shultz and her parents demanded last…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Defending The Kite Runner in North Carolina School District
As a Buncombe County, North Carolina school district review committee prepares to make a recommendation to the school board on a challenge to The Kite Runner this week, CBLDF has joined the National Coalition Against…
Cartoonists #Draw4Atena
College Student Wants Four Graphic Novels “Eradicated from the System”
A 20-year-old college student in Yucaipa, California is protesting the inclusion of four landmark graphic novels in an English class that she took during the recently-finished Spring 2015 semester at Crafton Hills College. According to the…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: El Deafo
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…
Be a Free Speech Superhero with CBLDF At HeroesCon, June 19-21!
CBLDF is returning to Charlotte, North Carolina, June 19 – 21, 2015, where we are excited to be exhibiting at HeroesCon 2015 booth 1222! Heroes Convention was founded in 1982 by…
High School Student Fights to Display Work on Body Shaming and Censorship
A high school senior in Glastonbury, Connecticut nearly saw her semester-long art project about body shaming and censorship of women’s bodies censored by school officials last week. But instead of giving up, she decided to fight for her creation–and won.…
China Bans Anime and Manga from the Internet
Parent Group Pressures Florida School District to Ban Four Books
A parents’ group in Collier County, Florida is taking aim at four books in school libraries that they describe as “highly inappropriate [and] essentially pornographic.” Members of the organization known as Parents ROCK…