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Go Back to School with CBLDF Defender #3!

by Betsy Gomez • August 26, 2015

CBLDF Defender is our free quarterly news magazine coming to you from the front lines of the fight for free speech, and the third issue is now available! You can find it at comic book stores across the nation, on comiXology,…

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Tweeks: Persepolis Should Not Be Banned

by Caitlin McCabe • August 25, 2015
Persepolis

This week in the ComicMix’s Challenged Challenge, twin teen geeks Maddy and Anya Ernst, break down why Marjane Satrapi’s award-winning graphic memoir Persepolis should not be banned and why it should instead be embraced by schools and parents to promote…

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Chinese Censorship Undermines Animation and Comics Industry

by Caitlin McCabe • August 25, 2015

Japanese manga promotes juvenile delinquency, violence, and sex — these were some of the reasons that the Chinese Ministry of Culture used to outright ban 38 Japanese manga and anime. But some are beginning to explore whether similar Chinese-produced materials…

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Duke Students Debate Fun Home Summer Reading Selection

by Maren Williams • August 24, 2015

As incoming freshmen at Duke University wrapped up orientation week on Friday, campus newspaper The Chronicle checked up on the reaction to the choice of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home as an all-class summer reading book. Although some freshman have opted…

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CBLDF Liberty Annual 2015 Takes A Bow in Honor of National Lampoon

by Caitlin McCabe • August 21, 2015

The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2015, published by Image Comics, is coming to local comic shops near you this October, and to celebrate great satire and what it means to truly embrace free speech, Bleeding Cool gives us a first look at…

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IRONY ALERT: Downers Grove Council Approves Would-be Censor for Library Board

by Maren Williams • August 21, 2015

The village council of Downers Grove, Illinois, an affluent suburb of Chicago, on Tuesday approved the appointment of a would-be book banner to the town library’s board of trustees. Local attorney Arthur Jaros Jr. led a failed 1999 attempt to…

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