Banned Books
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Banned Book Spotlight: The Magic Fish shows how people communicate when they feel like they can’t
Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish weaves fairy tales into a story about a young man struggling to come out to his parents
October 06, 2023
Tiffany Babb
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Banned Books Week: Four ways to take action against book bans
Want to get your voice heard about the rising wave of book bans in the United States? Here are four easy ways.
October 04, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
Banned Books Week Spotlight: Tank Girl is a celebration of going too far, destined to shock the easily upset
Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's Tank Girl was anarchic, violent, and sexy... No wonder some people complained
October 04, 2023
Graeme McMillan
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Banned Book Spotlight: Go With the Flow is a graphic novel that will make girls feel less alone
Go With the Flow by Karen Schneemann and Lily Williams talks about periods in a way almost no books do
October 02, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, American Booksellers Association, and more sue over new Texas rating law
“The Reader Act” is set to require booksellers to rate book based on “current community standards of decency”
July 28, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Akira, Spy X Family, much more (and almost some Marvel comics) pulled from Midwest US library's YA section
After news broke that superhero comics including Captain America: Winter Soldier had been pulled from Hamilton East Public Library YA shelves, the library has since announced that was in "error."
May 24, 2023
Tiffany Babb
Features
The most censored comics and books of 2022, according to the American Library Association
Familiar titles, including Gender Queer, All Boys Aren't Blue, and Flamer appear on this year's list
April 24, 2023
Tiffany Babb
News
Oni-Lion Forge is being sued for obscenity related to Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer. This is their response.
Breaking down the Oni-Lion Forge response to Gender Queer obscenity suit
June 30, 2022
Tiffany Babb