Last week, CBLDF led the charge to keep the graphic novel SideScrollers on a school reading list. CBLDF also lent its support to two novels being challenged as “pornographic” by individuals in the East Penn School District in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.…
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Meet Top Kids Graphic Novelists & CBLDF At Brooklyn Book Fest!
This Sunday, CBLDF is proud to host signings by Toon Books graphic novelists Nadja Spiegelman & Trade Loeffler of the Zig & Wikki series and Geoffrey Hayes of the Benny & Penny series at our booth at the Brooklyn Book…
Small Press Expo Shows Big Love For CBLDF!
Last weekend’s Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland was a record-setting event! Wall-to-wall attendance filled the exhibit hall on both days with some of the world’s greatest cartoonists and their readers who came out en masse. The CBLDF’s team was…
Frivolous Arrest of Cartoonist Fuels Effort to Repeal Indian Sedition Law
Political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi’s arrest last week on sedition charges stirred up a renewed debate on the freedom of expression in India. The general consensus, even among Trivedi’s detractors, is that Trivedi’s arrest is an abuse of the law. It…
French Paper Publishes Editorial Cartoons Depicting Mohammad
On the heels of a week of sometimes-violent protests over the depiction of the prophet Mohammad in the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims, French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo chose to print cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet in its Wednesday issue.…
The Amazing Adventure of The Man of Steel and the Psychiatric Censor — Superman vs. Doctor Wertham
There are a few things in life that everyone should know: Look both ways before crossing the street. Always eat your vegetables. If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. But, most important of this sage…