New York City high school seniors have the chance to express themselves and take home up to a $10,000 scholarship for their original comics work, but they’ll need to act soon — entries in the contest must be postmarked by…
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ACLU Went to Bat for Comics in 1955
When Bill Gaines testified in defense of comics before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in 1954, he was staking out a lonely position to say the least. The establishment view of comics ranged from bemused indulgence to…
2016 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Accepting Nominations
Nominations for the Virginia Library Association Graphic Novel Diversity Award are now being accepted. The award, which celebrates its second year, aims to highlight diversity in graphic novels with the goal of helping libraries to promote education and reading. Whether…
One Week Left to Get Neil Gaiman’s Rarest Works — Beneficiaries Include CBLDF!
Humble Bundle invites you to celebrate the holiday season with international bestselling author Neil Gaiman in the Humble Book Bundle: Neil Gaiman. This bundle is a collection of priceless rarities, many of which are unavailable anywhere else, including two brand…
Neil Gaiman’s Rarest Works Benefit Charity This Holiday Season!
Humble Bundle invites you to celebrate the holiday season with international bestselling author Neil Gaiman in the Humble Book Bundle: Neil Gaiman. This bundle is a collection of priceless rarities, many of which are unavailable anywhere else, including two brand…
She Changed Comics Now Available to Benefit CBLDF!
She Changed Comics: The Untold Story of the Women Who Changed Free Expression in Comics is now available to order through CBLDF! This book began as a CBLDF Kickstarter project, and because of its success, we are now able to share it with all…
She Changed Comics: Image Bibliography
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…
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…
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…
Comics on Texas ACLU List of 2015-16 School Bans and Challenges
At least five books were banned from Texas public and charter schools in the 2015-2016 school year, according to the annual report of banned and challenged books that was released by the state ACLU chapter this week. Comics appeared in…