Last week, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a budget that punitively cut the budgets of two colleges that had incorporated LGBT-themed books into elective reading programs. CBLDF has joined a coalition of free speech advocates to urge the…
Kennesaw State Announces Plan to Restore Censored Exhibit
Good news from Kennesaw State University in Georgia! Two weeks after President Daniel Papp ordered the censorship of an exhibit in the university’s brand-new art museum because it was “not aligned with the celebratory atmosphere of the museum’s opening,” KSU…
Iranian Artists Struggle with Self-Censorship
Like many artists in the Middle East, Iranian artists struggle with self-censorship out of fear that government authorities will retaliate and punish them. Their public art is already subject to censorship: All artists must apply for a permit before they…
South Park‘s Matt Stone Opens Up About Censorship
In advance of the release of the wildly-anticipated video game South Park: The Stick of Truth, CBLDF reported that some versions of the game were being censored in countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and in Australia. Now…
CBLDF Makes Dazzling UK Debut At London Super Comic Con
This weekend, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund will make its first ever UK appearance at the London Super Comic Con with brand new prints by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, the debut of the CBLDF Exclusive variant of Starlight…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of graphic novels and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In this column, we examine graphic novels, including…