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Northwest Press Protests iBooks Ban With 'Apple Version'
Northwest Press Protests iBooks Ban With 'Apple Version'
Northwest Press Protests iBooks Ban With 'Apple Version'
Northwest Press, known for its commitment to publishing LGBTQ comic books, has a long history of fighting Apple to get its books out to readers digitally through the iBooks store. The publisher's most recent release, Hard To Swallow, was recently rejected due to sexual content, so in response the publisher has made the comic free to download --- but with all the naughty bits covered up with pictures of apples.
ALA's Most Challenged Books List of 2014 Includes Comics
ALA's Most Challenged Books List of 2014 Includes Comics
ALA's Most Challenged Books List of 2014 Includes Comics
The American Library Association (ALA) announced their list of Most Challenged Books in 2014, and three comics were on the list: Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga, and Raina Telgemeier's Drama. These comics were challenged for a number of reasons, but many of the complaints had a basis in trying to limit what books children have access to. It's important to note that the ALA is made up of more than just school libraries; public and academic libraries are also part of the ALA.
Singapore Bans Archie's Kevin Keller Gay Marriage Comic
Singapore Bans Archie's Kevin Keller Gay Marriage Comic
Singapore Bans Archie's Kevin Keller Gay Marriage Comic
Due to a "breach [of] content guidelines for imported publications," the trade paperback collection Archie: The Married Life volume 3, which depicts the same-sex marriage of Riverdale's Kevin Keller, has apparently been banned in Singapore by the country's Media Development Authority -- or censors, basically. Sonny Liew, the artist of the new graphic novel The Shadow Hero, editor of the acclaimed Liquid City anthology series, and a resident of Singapore, noticed the book wasn't available through distributor Kinokuniya's catalog and did some following up to find out why. They told him it has been "removed from sale" by order of the MDA.
C.B.L.D.F. Handbook Exposes Banned Comics, Busts Some Myths
C.B.L.D.F. Handbook Exposes Banned Comics, Busts Some Myths
C.B.L.D.F. Handbook Exposes Banned Comics, Busts Some Myths
Graphic novels and comics are the focus of this year's Banned Books Week, which starts up September 21, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is getting a head start on the festivities with its new handbook for the occasion, which features a cover by Bone writer/artist Jeff Smith. The CBLDF's Banned Books Week Handbook not only offers up a list of a few comics that have been banned in US schools and libraries -- including Bone, Fun Home, Watchmen, Sandman, Blankets, and Persepolis -- and the reasons why, but also debunks some of myths surrounding banned books.
Apple Rejects 'Sex Criminals' #3, Retroactively Removes #1
Apple Rejects 'Sex Criminals' #3, Retroactively Removes #1
Apple Rejects 'Sex Criminals' #3, Retroactively Removes #1
Last month Sex Criminals writer Matt Fraction revealed via Twitter that the second issue of his and artist/co-creator Chip Zdarksy's acclaimed new series would not be available for in-app purchase via the ComXology app or anything else in Apple’s iOS marketplace. Sex Criminals is, as the title would suggest, at times a sexually explicit comic. So while it was disappointing, it wasn't overly surpri
Ennis and Robertson’s ‘The Boys’ Banned in Qatar
Ennis and Robertson’s ‘The Boys’ Banned in Qatar
Ennis and Robertson’s ‘The Boys’ Banned in Qatar
Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson and Russ Braun's The Boys is a series that makes a point out of mining the darker underbelly of the superhero genre, in the process exposing more violent and sexual elements than many are comfortable with... including, it seems, one Middle Eastern country which has apparently banned the series after a reader tried to have copies shipped to her...
Link Ink: Tobey Maguire Signs For ‘Cardboard’ Film, The Pros And Cons Of ‘Dredd 3D’ And G4 Rebrands
Link Ink: Tobey Maguire Signs For ‘Cardboard’ Film, The Pros And Cons Of ‘Dredd 3D’ And G4 Rebrands
Link Ink: Tobey Maguire Signs For ‘Cardboard’ Film, The Pros And Cons Of ‘Dredd 3D’ And G4 Rebrands
Movies: Former Spider-Man Tobey Maguire has signed on to voice the leading role in Fox Animation's adaptation of Doug TenNapel's Cardboard OGN. Censorship: Matthew Loux's Sidescrollers OGN from Oni has been removed from the Enfield, Connecticut school district's ninth grade summer reading list after a complaint from a parent about its profanity and sexual references...
Pakistan Blocked Twitter Access on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
Pakistan Blocked Twitter Access on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
Pakistan Blocked Twitter Access on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
May 20 was the third annual Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, the event in which artists depict the Prophet Mohammed in cartoon form to protest censorship and extremist threats (The event was created by cartoonist Molly Norris in 2010 in response to the death threats received by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for attempting to feature the figure in their Comedy Central series)... Read M
Iranian Cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye Sentenced to 25 Lashes for Satirical Cartoon
Iranian Cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye Sentenced to 25 Lashes for Satirical Cartoon
Iranian Cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye Sentenced to 25 Lashes for Satirical Cartoon
Amid stories of movie box office records being broken, the latest developments in superhero civil wars and the usual comic book ephemera, here's a news story that puts everything in perspective: Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye has been sentenced to 25 lashes for daring to draw a caricature of a local politician that wasn't appreciated by its subject...

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