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…
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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…
South Carolina Education Standards on Islam Under Attack
People in Texas and Oklahoma seem to be leading an online attack against social studies education standards that call for instruction about Islam. The problem? Those standards are for schools in South Carolina. The South Carolina Grade-Level Standards for Social…
2016 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Accepting Nominations
Nominations for the Virginia Library Association Graphic Novel Diversity Award are now being accepted. The award, which celebrates its second year, aims to highlight diversity in graphic novels with the goal of helping libraries to promote education and reading. Whether…
CBLDF in the Media: Defending Comics for the Future
CBLDF’s Executive Director Charles Brownstein has been busy as ever these past few months, making the rounds of TV, radio, and print media to discuss our work defending comics from censorship attempts and our plans for the future! This week…
CBLDF Joins Defense of World History Textbook in Tennessee
In response to a Sullivan County, Tennessee parent who wants an entire world history textbook removed from her local school district’s seventh grade curriculum due to what she calls “Islamic indoctrination” in the unit on world religions, CBLDF and its…
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…
Podcast: Censorship Can Happen to Anyone
In the latest edition of the American Libraries Dewey Decibel Podcast, Phil Morehart led ALA director James LaRue, school librarian Sara Stevenson, and acclaimed author Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) in a discussion of the tough topic of censorship in American schools and libraries. None of…
Diverse Comics for Classrooms and Libraries: Gender
Happy Banned Books Week! In this series, we compile a list of comics that have diverse content and creators for which we have developed resources. For this column, we take a look at comics that reflect gender diversity. The gender…