This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with signed books by legendary comics creators! Donate today and receive exclusive premiums, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection Hardcover, signed by Kevin Eastman; Creepy Presents: Bernie Wrightson and Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, signed by Bernie Wrightson; Ragnarök and Alien: The Illustrated Story, signed…
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Oregon School Board Reconsiders Hasty Ban of Eleanor & Park
After a hasty decision last month to pull Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park from an eighth grade classroom without following challenge procedures, the school…
CBLDF Joins Opposition to South Dakota Science Education Bill
Late last week, CBLDF joined a coalition of free-speech advocates objecting to a bill in the South Dakota legislature that attempts to weaken science education standards in the state by allowing teachers to advance their own views…
RETAILERS: Orders for CBLDF Defender Are Due TODAY!
CBLDF Defender comes to you from the frontlines of censorship! In the first issue of 2017, CBLDF talks with Ms. Marvel writer G. Willow Wilson about censorship, Ms. Marvel’s role as symbol of protest, and more! Retailers, FOC is today (…
CBLDF Joins Protest of Revived ‘Beloved Bill’ in Virginia
Virginia’s ‘Beloved bill’ has returned to the commonwealth’s General Assembly for the second year in a row, and CBLDF last week signed on to an opposition letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship. The…
Join CBLDF Today to Receive New Vanesa R. Del Rey Premiums!
Vanesa R. Del Rey 2017 membership premiums have arrived! Join or renew today to check out the beautiful t-shirts, stickers, and membership cards that reward your donation to CBLDF! Now starting at only five dollars, your CBLDF membership will help us continue our…
California School District Removes Black History Month Art Exhibit After Parent Complaints
A school district in San Jose, California removed a Black History Month art exhibit from its administrative offices only a few hours after its installation last week, citing complaints from parents who were offended by artist Mark Harris’ mixed-media collages.…
After Ban, Saudi Cartoonist Walks a Fine Line
In January 2016 the popular Saudi political cartoonist Abdullah Jaber seemingly disappeared from social media, fueling speculation among fans and colleagues as to what might have befallen him. He…
CBLDF Joins Statement Opposing U.S. Immigration Ban
This week, CBLDF joined more than thirty cultural institutions and human rights organizations around the world in issuing a joint statement opposing United States President Donald J. Trump’s immigration ban on nationals of seven predominantly…
Portland: Join CBLDF in Supporting Our Muslim Community
This Friday, CBLDF is joining Books with Pictures and Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: Portland to sponsor Comics Cards for Comfort, an event in support of Portland’s Muslim community. From 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., come to Books with Pictures (1100 SE Division Street, Portland, Oregon),…
Florida School District Pulls All-School Reading Book Due to “Body Parts”
Some Florida high school students who were supposed to be celebrating literacy last month instead got an object lesson in censorship, as the Santa Rosa County school district cancelled an…
NC School Board Considers Parental Notification Statement
A Currituck County, North Carolina, school board member has revived the controversy over a 2013 book challenge to goad the district into a questionable parental notification statement. Board member Will Crodick resurrected criticism of A Bad Boy Can Be Good for…
Iranian Refugee Cartoonist on Hunger Strike in Australian Detention Center
The Iranian cartoonist known as Eaten Fish, who is among the thousands of refugees sent to offshore detention facilities by the Australian government, is now…
Everything’s Orwellian: School Removes Animal Farm from Curriculum
A school district in Stonington, Connecticut, has removed George Orwell’s classic dystopia Animal Farm from the eight-grade curriculum despite the protestations of a popular longtime teacher and several parents in the district. The book was removed…
She Changed Comics Makes 2017 Amelia Bloomer List
CBLDF is proud to announce that She Changed Comics, our book collecting profiles of more than 60 women who transformed the landscape of free expression and expanded the comics artform, has been named to the …