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.…
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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…
CBLDF Urges School District To Rescind Ban of SideScrollers
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and partner organizations in the Kids Right to Read Project today sent a letter to Enfield School District Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Schumann addressing concerns over the removal of Matthew Loux’s graphic novel SideScrollers from…
Freedom Rings in CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL 2012!
All-star creators contribute to non-profit anthology! This year’s CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL anthology, benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and published by Image Comics, declares “It’s good to be free!” Edited by Image Publisher Eric Stephenson, the 48-page anthology to…
Arizona Bookstore Warms Up for Banned Books Week with Virtual Read-Out
As a former resident of Arizona, I was delighted to run across a Banned Books Week video produced by Bookmans, my favorite bookstore chain in the Grand Canyon State. It is especially poignant that the Arizona store produced the video,…
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein Speaks to the Ban of SideScrollers
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein took a guest spot at ICv2’s Talk Back, writing an article about the recent removal of Matthew Loux’s SideScrollers from a school’s summer reading list. The video game-themed graphic was removed from a Connecticut school…