There are fewer books on the shelves this year in the Keller International School District. Keller ISD, in Texas, removed forty-one books before the start of school this year. Last Tuesday, the d...
https://cbldf.org/2022/08/keller-isd-removes-graphic-novels-for-the-second-time%EF%BF%BC/
In compliance with a new state bill (HB 374) the Utah Attorney General released a memorandum to “provide guidance and training to public schools on identifying sensitive materials.” Though wr...
Join us on February 28, 2022 at 8:00 pm ET for an interactive strategy session to discuss the current attacks on books in schools and learn how you can defend the right to read in your communit...
https://cbldf.org/2022/02/cbldf-and-ncac-present-how-to-fight-book-bans-student-strategies/
Unmute yourself with cartoons! Join Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and award-winning editorial cartoonists Ruben Bolling, Clay Jones, and Shannon Wheeler for “Editorial Cartooning: A Workshop fo...
What does the removal of Art Spiegelman’s Maus from the eighth-grade public school curriculum in McMinn County, Tennessee, mean for the future of comic arts censorship? How should concerned mem...
https://cbldf.org/2022/02/cbldf-comments-on-maus-censorship/
The power of students! As demands to remove books from schools have reached a fever pitch, students have emerged as some of the most effective advocates for public access to diverse literature. J...
https://cbldf.org/2021/12/fighting-book-bans-a-teach-in-for-students/
This week, I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with popular culture librarian/comic arts curator Pamela Jackson and professor of history Elizabeth Pollard of Comics@SDSU. Comics@SD...
https://cbldf.org/2021/10/talking-comics-in-higher-ed-with-comicssdsu/
Banned Books Week got kicked off early this year with a conversation about the recent censorship in Leander, Texas, which has affected several graphic novels. Organized by Betsy Gomez (BBW Coal...
https://cbldf.org/2021/09/banned-books-censorship-in-leander-texas/
Banned Books Week starts this month, running from September 26–October 2. Each week leading up to the event, we will profile one of the many spaces in the United States where books are banned....
Comics@SDSU was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The independent federal agency awarded the grant of nearly $150,000 to “advance, support, and empower America�...
https://cbldf.org/2021/09/comicssdsu-awarded-grant-to-further-comics-scholarship-and-education/