Presented in conjunction with Cartoonists Rights Network International The dissident Chinese cartoonist, who this week revealed his face to the public for the first time, requests that cartoonists everywhere post their selfies and artwork to Twitter using #Tiananmen31 We recently…
Support CBLDF With Signed Comic Strip Collections Including Cathy, Mutts, & Pearls Before Swine!
This week CBLDF is thrilled to offer our supporters the chance to snag signed collections of everyone’s favorite funny strips! We’ve got some great premiums, including: Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault HC, signed by Cathy creator Cathy Guisewite; Mutts: Shelter Stories and Mutts: Spring Diaries SC, signed by creator Patrick McDonnell;…
May 35th: The Tiananmen Square Massacre and 30 Years of Chinese Censorship
Today, June 4th marks the 30th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square civil rights protest and the subsequent massacre. It also marks the beginning of one of the longest, largest, and most convoluted censorship campaigns in human history, as China has sought…
Badiucao Unmasks, Defying China’s Threats
CBLDF reported earlier this week about brave and thoughtful documentary China’s Artful Dissident being broadcast in Australia, set to follow the masked and exiled cartoonist, Badiucao as he traveled the world speaking to other exiles and survivors of the Tiananmen Square Massacre,…
Documentary About Exiled Chinese Cartoonist to Mark 30th Anniversary of Massacre
A new film by Australian documentarian Danny Ben-Moshe will be broadcast in Australia tomorrow, focused on the career of exiled Chinese cartoonist/street-artist Badiucao to mark the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square. CBLDF readers may recognize Badiucao’s work, from the often posted…
Retailer Spotlight: Captain Nemo, California
Take a walk through a huge local comics shop in central California! Captain Nemo’s has a great selection of everything from graphic novels and manga, to movies, anime DVD, and every type of game you can imagine. This wild store…