Tag: banned books
GENDER QUEER tops ALA Top 10 Banned Books list for third consecutive year
Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir 'Gender Queer' topped the charts once again in the American Library Association’s Ten Most Challenged Books last year
The Four Most Banned Manga in North America
Libraries, schools, and bookstores across the United States are calling attention to censorship this week (October 1 - 7) as part of Banned Books Week. The past few years have seen an unprecedented rise...
LGBTQ+ stories take center stage at CBLDF’s Banned Books Week 2022 events
Maia Kobabe - author of most challenged book Gender Queer - leads the charge in this year's CBLDF Banned Books Week events.
WonderCon ’22: Stopping the Outrage Machine in Saving Comic Books in Libraries
Librarians tell us what we can do to preserve access to comics, graphic novels and other library materials targeted by censors
Pennsylvania school district pulls Marjane Satrapi’s PERSEPOLIS from curriculum
The Franklin Regional School District opted to hold teaching the graphic novel following parental complaints.
An open letter to the McMinn County Board of Education regarding MAUS
Gregory Paul Silber addresses a Tennessee school district that banned Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning MAUS.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 11/1/21: Why is Brian K. Vaughan in the credits to Dune?
A banned book, a mystery credit, the fate of Eternals 2 and 3, and much more.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/3/19 – Catholic school bans Harry Potter because the spells are...
Summer is over, pumpkin spice is nigh, and here's your reading list.
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/19/18: I hope you like reading
It's been a while! So a lot to catch up on!
§ This does not qualify as nice art but it does sum up the working state of the freelancer better than any other Clint...
Celebrate National Library Week By Reading a Banned Book (or any book)!
Today, the American Library Association released its State of America’s Libraries Report, an annual report released during National Library Week.
It's not easy being a librarian, and it's gotten even more difficult in the current Zeitgeist...
NYC’s real super week and TONIGHT’S TO DOs with Eleanor Davis and the CBLDF
The week between SPX and the Brooklyn Book Festival has evolved into a real "indie super week" on the eastern seaboard, as touring cartoonists barnstormed and socialized at a furious pace. The week perhaps...
Long Beach Comic Con Programming begins roll-out
The convention season never stops, and West Coasters will be enjoying the sights and sounds of the Long Beach Comic Con on September 27-28th at the Long Beach Convention Center. Now in its sixth year, LBCC...
