Cartoonists’ Rights International has opened nominations for their Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award. You can nominate “a cartoonist or group of cartoonists who have displayed courage in the face of threats to their life or liberty.” The nomination deadline is…
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New GNs Signed by Jason Aaron, Becky Cloonan, Brian K. Vaughan & More Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with some excellent graphic novels, including The Other Side, Scalped, Southern Bastards, and more signed by Jason Aaron; By Chance or Providence signed by Becky Cloonan; plus Saga Books One and Two and Y: The Last Man signed by Brian K. Vaughan!…
Fanny Hill: The ‘Ban’ That Wasn’t
It was a story made for sensational headlines and easy clickbait: Fanny Hill, John Cleland’s 1748 faux memoir of a London prostitute, was supposedly banned at a modern British university for fear of offending delicate millennial students. But close on…
Judge Rules Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban Unconstitutional and Discriminatory
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies curricula is both unconstitutional and designed with discriminatory intent. Judge A. Wallace Tashima has not yet issued a final ruling on the next steps, but academic freedom advocates are…
Egyptian Cartoonist Continues to Highlight Women’s Issues in New Book
As one of the few professional women cartoonists in the Middle East, Egypt’s Doaa Eladl has been the target of threats from fundamentalists and even a lawsuit for blasphemy. Undeterred, she has just released a new book of cartoons dedicated…
Indiana School Board Member Wants Kite Runner Pulled from AP Class
A school board member and parent in Fishers, Indiana is pushing for Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner to be removed from Hamilton Southeastern Schools’ AP Literature and Composition curriculum after her daughter was assigned to read it over the summer.…