Ramón Esono Ebalé, a political cartoonist and graphic novelist from and currently detained in Equatorial Guinea, has been given Cartoonists Rights Network International’s Courage in Editorial Cartooning award.
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New Paper Girls & More Signed by Brian K. Vaughan to Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with some great graphic novels, including the soon-to-be-released Paper Girls Volume One hardcover, signed by Brian K. Vaughan; Paper Girls Volumes One and Two trade paperbacks, signed by Cliff Chiang; Paper Girls enamel pin sets; Saga Book One hardcover, signed by Brian K. Vaughan;…
Utah School Says Students Saw ‘Inappropriate Material’ in Oklahoma!
In response to complaints from one set of parents, a Utah school district has acknowledged that about 100 junior high students may have caught a fleeting glimpse of partial nudity while watching a 1999 version of the musical Oklahoma! in…
Chinese Censor Board Frowns on Battle Royale Game Genre
China’s media censor board announced this week that it is unlikely to approve the wildly popular multiplayer online video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) because it “severely deviates from the socialist core value and the Chinese traditional culture and moral rule.”…
Library of Congress Exhibit to Highlight Women Cartoonists and Illustrators
Following this summer’s comics pop-up exhibit Library of Awesome, the Library of Congress will once again put the spotlight on sequential art next month with “Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists,” a long-term exhibit featuring nearly 70 original…
Minnesota Lawmakers Threaten Funding for Anti-Pipeline Video Game
Some Minnesota state legislators are looking to limit free expression funded by public arts grants after a Native American video game developer and professor created a game where players fight an oil pipeline embodied as a mechanical snake. One lawmaker…