Social media companies including Twitter, Instagram (owned by Facebook), and YouTube (owned by Google) are reportedly negotiating with authorities in Iran to censor “immoral content” as a condition of their sites being readily accessible within the country. Unsurprisingly, activists inside…
Grant Morrison, Robert Kirkman, Kieron Gillen, & More Signed Books to Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with some great Image hardcovers, including The Wicked & The Divine Volume One and Two, signed by Kieron Gillen; Nameless, signed by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham; Saga Volumes One and Two, signed by Brian K. Vaughan; The Walking Dead: Rise…
London Police Ask For New Leads in 1987 Murder of Palestinian Cartoonist
Thirty years ago, Palestinian political cartoonist Naji al-Ali was gunned down on a London street as he walked to work. With his assassination still unsolved, police this week renewed an appeal for leads in the case, hoping that “people who…
NOW AVAILABLE: CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2017!
Banned Books Week is happening September 24 – 30, and CBLDF is delighted to release the latest edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook to help you celebrate! Comics are the most banned books in the U.S., and CBLDF’s handy visual…
West Chicago Library Board Votes to Retain This Day in June
Before an overflow crowd of community members, the public library board in West Chicago, Illinois voted 6-1 last night to retain the LGBTQIA-themed children’s picture book This Day in June by Gayle Pitman in the children’s section. A West Chicago…
TONIGHT: West Chicago Library Board Considers Challenge to This Day in June
Two parents in West Chicago, Illinois want the LGBTQIA-themed children’s picture book This Day in June by Gayle Pitman removed from the local public library, and the anti-gay Illinois Family Institute is encouraging supporters to attend a library board meeting…