censorship Archives

So the Parents Television Council (PTC) has at least 13 Reasons Why Netflix shouldn't have renewed their controversial drama series for a third season.

On the American Library Association's Top 10 Frequently Challenged list (or the Banned Books list) for 2017, Drama by Raina Telgemeier has landed at #4 -- the book's third year on the list.

Viewers are starting to get a clearer understanding of HBO's vision of the totalitarian future established by Ray Bradbury in his classic novel Fahrenheit 451 with the release of the newest teaser for the cable giant's film adaptation.

From corporate censorship and questionable career choices to really bad hair days and a disappointing Today, 2017 was a year that turned out to be a little more off the rails than usual – and that speaks volumes Oh, and let's not forget the ultimate awards show "You had one job…" taboo that would never[...]

Raina Telgemeier is the most popular comic book creator in the USA today. But not, it seems, for everyone. Her graphic novel bestseller Drama, about an

At NYCC 2017's Graphic Sex: Comics, New Media and the Queering of Sex Education panel, panelists discussed the importance of comprehensive sex ed.

Nick Kazden writes: Back in April, I covered the CBLDF Censorship panel at Wonder Con, and it doesn't seem like things have improved much since then Executive Director Charles Brownstein and Editorial Director Betsy Gomez gave a presentation that highlighted the state of censorship in 2017 and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's efforts to defend[...]

It has been revealed that Chinese censors have removed the gay kiss from Alien Covenant between identical androids David and Walter

The ALA's 2016 list of the Top Ten most challenged books in American Libraries and school has revealed that a vast majority of those challenged and banned

Get called out for censoring a few thousand Let's Players and game commentators online with #YouTubeAgeGate, and YouTube doesn't say a thing. Get called

That situation remains the same in the new deluxe release Kodansha Comics, but the publisher reached out to Bleeding Cool to clarify exactly where the changes come from: First off, this was not the result of censorship The section was redrawn by the author, which is an important distinction The goal of this new hardcover edition is[...]

Available in comic stores this past week is the CBLDF Defender quarterly magazine. with a Preacher cover by the late Steve Dillon, the original artwork of

If she has a problem disciplining her son, then there is no call to take that problem out on the entire community via book banning. There's nothing in the book you can't see on prime time network TV. I sincerely hope the powers that be make the rational decision, and that they don't allow calls for censorship[...]

So we decided to go for it. You may want to sit down for this, or at least make sure there's a fainting couch within falling distance. Oh, and, uh, NSFW, if that wasn't obvious so far. The image of protagonist Ryoko's pixelated genitals is a reference to Japanese censorship laws, according to CBLDF, so the images must[...]

Mostly. But feel free to catch up with previous years by clicking on all these links. Some people believe that censorship is the preserve of governmental bodies and can not be carried out by a private individual or private business That's not true – while "censor" is an official government title, censorship means only acting "like" a censor, rather[...]

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (or CBLDF) has put together some treats for anyone donating today to go along with #GivingTuesday. The CBLDF handles a

Selling his work on Google Play, he hit a little problem. Hey, remember how I said STORY OF OH and VLADRUSHKA were now available (as well as LULU Book 1, MARTHAand SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, which still are available there) on Google Play? PSYCHE! Banned again! I'm really getting sick of the censorship Erotica is allowed in ebooks UNLESS[...]

Today, the Daily Mail ran a story about European Union-funded comic books used to promote the EU to children saying, Brussels officials have been accused

The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells her own story, living in Iran amongst the Westernised middle class, after the Shah revolution, and

the interview comes from a podcast that the CBLDF has put up on their website where Neil talks about Charlie Hebdo, British censorship and more… To celebrate today's launch of CBLDF Defender, we've uploaded a bonus episode of the CBLDF Podcast! In this episode, we speak to author and CBLDF Advisory Board Co-Chair (as well as[...]

Women in skimpy skintight costumes is the bee's knees, but a picture of a photo of a raised middle finger is not. Never fear! The creative team understand you pain! So they have whipped up this handy dandy censor kit. Simply print one off for every coy ordered and you can choose the method of your censorship.   Just think of the[...]

By Randy Young and Chris Hunter Our very own Bleeding Cool friends Talking Comics got involved in Banned Books Week in Shreveport, Louisiana by doing a

I just mentioned how Archie Comics requested an artist remove Jughead's spine from a pin-up featuring the Predator holding his head on a spike. But that's not the only such scene receiving censorship This is from Lobo #1, with Classic Lobo being decapitated by Lipstick Lobo. But here's the original scene, as drawn by Reilly Brown and[...]

Last week, Scott Snyder gave a little teaser of a Cliff Chiang Wytches #1 cover.... @cliffchiang Wytches #1 variant tease pic.twitter.com/1rYHQbczjv —

"Wertham wanted to prohibit children from purchasing comic books, and [the question becomes], "Is that censorship? Is the comics code censorship?" Well, what is censorship? There are certainly some recent examples of what I think are legitimate concerns about what is portrayed in media, and particularly for this audience in comic books When it comes[...]

AC And Scott Brown write for Bleeding Cool: You know what we love almost as much as comics? A good controversy. Combine the two, and we’re sold. KRANTZ

This again. Sigh. It emerges that, despite being successfully distributed and sold for months in the UK, recent lines of licensed comics have, apparently,

Back in June, a South Carolina library pulled their copy of Neonomicon from the adultbookshelves, after a 14 year old girl withdrew it using her mother's library card, and her mother complained. Yup. Learning of the library's decision to remove the book this month, Acacia O'Connor, project coordinator for the Kids' Right to Read Project, said that[...]

However, Aardman believe that even if only a small number of individuals will be offended by the joke, it is still too many people. This move can't technically be classed as censorship since it was a voluntary decision by the production company, and if people were legitimately upset by the scene then perhaps that's argument enough[...]

The book was withdrawn and a committee asked to investigate the book, who reported to the RSU last year, recommending it be put back on the shelf. Interestingly, two of those who voted against the decision, did so because they thought even the parental permission aspect was censorship. Superintendent Tom Ward is reported to have said that[...]