Librarians and educators have become some of the strongest proponents for graphic novels as teaching tools and good reading; the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has just announced Comics Connector, a resource that will help institutions find comics creators who are willing to make appearances. While it sounds a bit like Tinder for library visits, lets face it, […]
Holiday Party Must do: CBLDF/Society of Illustrators festive bash is tomorrow 12/10
Christmas/Seasonal parties for comics folks in in NYC are mostly about the big two and not everyone gets invited to those. But tomorrow the CBLDF and the Society of Illustrators are teaming for a holiday party that should be a chance for the rest of us to celebrate together. The Society of Illustrators has a […]
Today only: The CBLDF offers exclusive #givingTuesday anthology
After black and small and cyber on the Holiday schedule comes #giving —#givingTuesday, the day on which charitable contributions are suggested. The CBLDF is offering a premium for contributions made today: a #GivingTuesday edition of Defend Comics, a 54-page all-star anthology featuring stories by Neil Gaiman and Jim Lee, Jason Aaron and Moritat, Andy Diggle and Ben Templesmith, Terry Moore, Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier, Evan Dorkin, Amy Chu and Shannon Wheeler, and […]
To do tonight, San Diego: Scott McCloud and Larry Marder on Banned Books Week
It’s Banned Books Week, a n annual event mostly held in libraries which spotlights attempts to remove books. This year’s theme is graphic novels, as discussed in this article from PW by Rich Shivener. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is sponsoring several events this week and has much more information and a list of […]
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 culminated in the Bergen Street Comic/Fantagraphics Brooklyn Book Fest kick off party Saturday, where Eleanor Davis, Michael Deforge, Patrick Kyle, Simon […]
Tonight to do: Brandon Graham on Comics, Creativity, and Censorship
And here’s another great event for the weekend, Brandon Graham talking about Comics, Creativity, and Censorship at the Society of Illustrators/ The event is sponsored by the CBLDF. Brandon Graham, the acclaimed cartoonist of the highly influential graphic novels King City and Multiple Warheads, and the driving force behind the genre-bending science fiction series Prophet […]
SDCC ’14: Werthamania
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Fredric Wertham’s influential and notorious Seduction of the Innocent, and Comic Con’s programming schedule includes several panels addressing the book and its core themes. Jeff Trexler
Bone gives Shades of Grey a run as one of the 10 Most Banned Books of 2013
If you were to guess what the 10 most banned or challenged books in the US in 2013 were, you might guess 50 Shades of Grey for its class-consciousness tinged bondage romance; or John Green’s Looking for Alaska with its classic themes of coming of age and the required drugs and sexuality. And yes both […]
GIFT GUIDE: LAST DAY for Holiday delivery of the CBLDF’s signed goodies
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund website has a bunch of giftables available now, including signed books by Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Geoff Johns, Art Spiegelman and pretty much anyone who is anyone. Here’s the listing and today is the last day to guarantee delivery in time for Christmas. Among the books available are The […]
SDCC13: Watchtower Thursday
Okay… here’s a sampling of what’s been being fed through the newswires today from the Comic-Carnival in San Diego… Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, and spreading the graphic novel gospel since 1994. I’m a bookseller, a librarian, an amateur scholar, […]