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!
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…
UK Woman Who Faced Police Questioning Over Book Wants Independent Investigation
A British Muslim woman who was detained and questioned at a Yorkshire airport last year for reading a book about Syrian art and culture is still pushing for an independent investigation into the incident. Despite ample evidence that South Yorkshire…