Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir of growing up during the Iranian Revolution, has received international acclaim since its initial publication in French. When it was released in English in 2003, both Time Magazine and the New York Times recognized it…
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Case Study: Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: The Killing Joke, a one-shot comic written by Alan Moore and drawn by Brian Bolland, depicts Joker’s violent torture of Jim Gordon and his daughter Barbara. It had a profound influence on the Batman universe’s continuity, introducing Barbara Gordon’s…
Case Study: SideScrollers
The video game-themed graphic novel Sidescrollers by Matthew Loux will be removed as an option on a Connecticut school district’s ninth grade summer reading list after a parent complained of profanity and sexual references in the book. The Enfield, Connecticut,…
Case Study: Watchmen
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen series likely needs little introduction to CBLDF blog readers. The alternate history in which a group of retired crimefighters investigate and attempt to stop a plot to murder them has been praised by critics…
Case Study: Tank Girl
Tank Girl, the character created by writer Alan Martin and artist Jamie Hewlett, first saw print as a comic strip in 1988. The British series, originally set in post-apocalyptic Australia, follows the adventures of Tank Girl, her mutant kangaroo boyfriend…
Case Study: Stuck Rubber Baby
In 2005, Howard Cruse’s groundbreaking graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby was challenged in the Montgomery County Memorial Library System along with 15 other young adult books with gay positive themes by the Library Patrons of Texas. The graphic novel tells…
Case Study: Stuck In The Middle
In late 2011, CBLDF joined the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom in writing a letter to the superintendent of the Dixfield, Maine, school system in order to prevent the removal of the anthology Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from…
Case Study: Pride of Baghdad
Brian K. Vaughan is the writer behind several award-winning series, including Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Saga, and more. In 2006, he teamed with Nico Henrichon to create Pride of Baghdad, a graphic novel that follows a pride of…
Case Study: Neonomicon
Neonomicon, the Bram-Stoker Award winning series from Alan Moore and artist Jacen Burrows, was challenged at a library in Greenville, South Carolina. The book was shelved in the adult section of the library, which is generally restricted to minors unless…
Case Study: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O’Neill, is a sort of meta “sourcebook” for the popular series of the same title. Rife with literary and popular culture mashups, the book follows…