Retailers: Engage your community during Banned Books week with the 2017 edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook! Stock up now — it FOCs on Monday, August 7 (Diamond order code JUN171439)! Comics are the most banned books in the…
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NPR Lists 100 Fan Favorite Comics
A few months back, we told you about NPR Books’ monumental quest to compile 100 favorite comics from an open-ended reader survey for their annual summer reading lists. The results are in, and we’re happy to spot several of our…
10 Banned and Challenged Comics for Summer Reading!
Happy June! With summer unofficially underway, here are some challenged and banned comics to read at the beach or on those lazy backyard hammock days. Signed copies of several of these titles are available in our Rewards Zone, so we’ve…
This One Summer Tops ALA’s Top Ten Challenged Books List
Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s award-winning graphic novel This One Summer sits at the top of the American Library Association’s list of the most challenged books in 2016. Other comics in the top ten are Drama by Raina Telgemeier and Big Hard Sex…
Teaching and Library Resources for Comics by Women
There’s still about a week left in Women’s History Month, but librarians and educators can use our resources all year round! Below, you’ll find 19 comics by women for which we’ve made CBLDF Discussion Guides, Using Graphic Novels in Education…
Fourteen Banned and Challenged Comics by Women
Throughout Women’s History Month, we’re bringing you a series of posts featuring significant comics work by women. First up: Comics by women or centered on female characters that have been banned or challenged in the past, either in the U.S. or…
14 Books CBLDF Defended in 2016
CBLDF defended more than a dozen books from challenges and bans in 2016 — some of them were challenged on multiple occasions. Here’s a snapshot of what we did to defend the freedom to read this year… This One Summer…
Giving Thanks for the Freedom to Read!
We’re grateful for the individuals, retailers, publishers, and creators who support CBLDF’s work in defense of the First Amendment. Because of your support, we were able to score a few key victories in the fight for free expression in 2016.…
She Changed Comics: Citations and References
The following sources were cited or informed the profiles in CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics. Nell Brinkley (p. 1) Robbins, Trina. Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013. 30-34. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2013. Robbins, Trina. The Brinkley Girls: The Best of…
She Changed Comics: Image Bibliography
The following images appeared in CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics. p. v: McDiarmid, Joyana. She Changed Comics fundraising logo. Illustration. 2016. p. 1: Brinkley, Nell. “Kathleen and the Great Secret.” Cartoon. In The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s…