As a Wisconsin school superintendent prepares to make a recommendation regarding a challenge to Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, CBLDF this week signed on to a letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship’s…
Farghadani Gives Firsthand Account of Imprisonment for Cartoon
Just over a year ago, Iranian artist and activist Atena Farghadani was released from prison after 18 months. Her so-called crime: drawing Iranian MPs as apes and bovines while they debated a bill toban voluntary sterilization procedures such as vasectomies…
Librarians Brainstorm Solutions to Build and Defend Graphic Novel Collections
Now more than ever before, comics are an indispensable component of many public libraries’ collections. A decade or two ago they might have been treated as ephemera, but today they are often curated…
RETAILERS: Order CBLDF Defender Vol. 2 #2 TODAY!
CBLDF Defender comes to you from the frontlines of censorship! In the June issue, CBLDF talks with Love Is Love architect Marc Andreyko and ambassador for comics Gene Luen Yang! Retailers, FOC is today (APR171527), so now’s the time to…
Alexie Challenged Again, This Time in Minnesota
Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was recently challenged in Wisconsin, and now it’s under attack in neighboring Minnesota. A pair of parents of New London-Spicer Schools 8th graders have challenged the…
Abducted Hong Kong Bookseller to Reopen Shop in Taiwan
Lam Wing Kee, one of five Hong Kong-based booksellers who mysteriously disappeared in 2015, is resurrecting his store, this time in Taipei, Taiwan. Lam managed Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, a small independent shop that specialized in politically-sensitive publications that had…
Ai Weiwei Defines Artists’ Duty to Resist Repression
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has long been a thorn in the side of authorities, defiantly finding ways to critique government corruption and suppression despite constant surveillance, threats, detention, and a four-year revocation of his passport which prevented him from traveling…
Wisconsinites Pack Board Meeting for Debate Over Absolutely True Diary
Community debate continues over Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, where a review committee recently recommended to…
Signed J.H. Williams III, Neil Gaiman, and Gary Gianni Graphic Novels Support CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with Sandman: Overture, Promethea, Tales of the Batman, Seven Soldiers of Victory Volumes One & Two, Chase, the CBLDF-exclusive “It’s Not a Trick” print signed by J.H. Williams III, Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea…
Thirteen Reasons Why TV Series Leads to Sudden Scrutiny of Popular Novel
Ten years after its initial publication, Jay Asher’s young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why is encountering a sudden surge in challenges, bans, and restrictions in schools around…
Sevinç Kart Speaks at European Parliament for Imprisoned Turkish Journalists
Over six months ago, Turkish political cartoonist Musa Kart and several of his colleagues from Cumhuriyet newspaper were arrested in the midst of…
CBLDF Joins Defense of Eleanor & Park
CBLDF has joined the Kids’ Right to Read Project in defending Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park, which has been removed from classrooms in Vinton County High School in Ohio. CBLDF is a sponsor…
Utah Repeals Rules on ‘Advocacy of Homosexuality’ in Classrooms
Following action by the Utah legislature to repeal a statewide ban on “advocacy of homosexuality” in schools, the state’s Board of Education unanimously voted…
Florida Legislature Passes Classroom Censorship Bills
The Florida Senate today approved the House version of a bill that would facilitate challenges to classroom materials, sending the legislation on to Governor Rick Scott. The Senate also had…
How the Comics Code Erased LGBTQ Characters from Mainstream Comics
Fredric Wertham’s attack on comics in the early 1950s is probably most remembered today for his concern about over-the-top horror and violence from the likes of EC. But there was another aspect that preoccupied Wertham just as much: the potential…