I did it again. Instead of reading a book or graphic novel for “What I’m Reading,” I watched a film. Mea culpa, please send all complaints to the round filing cabinet by my desk. My pick this month is the…
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Fight Identity Censorship With These CBLDF Resources
Just Announced! Take PRIDE in Comics: The Challenges Facing LGBTQ+ Content
Why are comics and other literature centered on LGBTQ+ characters targeted so frequently by censors? What can we do to ensure these important books stay on shelves? Join CBLDF and a panel of creators, educators, librarians, and retailers to discuss…
Queer Comics Struggles, History, and Emergence: an Interview with Justin Hall
Justin Hall, who brought together the elegant and poignant queer comics anthology, No Straight Lines has been working on a new documentary by the same name with Peabody Award-winning director, Vivian Kleinman. The documentary is set to follow several groundbreaking LBGTQ…
LGBT Comics Publisher Protests Apple Censorship
Zan Christensen, the founder of LGBT comics publisher Northwest Press, is no stranger to corporate censorship of the books he submits to digital publishing platforms. But after Apple’s iBookstore rejected all three of Northwest’s most recent offerings due “prohibited explicit…