COMICS, SOCIAL JUSTICE & YOU
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Resources for Taking Immediate Action!
Sign the petition against book bans! action.everylibrary.org/banning
Comic book bans and court cases: CBLDF cbldf.org
What librarians are doing: ala.org/rt/gncrt/tools
ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom public awareness (scroll down): ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif
Sign up for the EveryLibrary newsletter and add your name to the anti-book ban petition: everylibrary.org
READ: Social justice comics reading lists bookriot.com/social-justice-comics/ & ala.org/rt/gncrt/friday-forum-lists
Keep up-to-date with legislation and more with Book Riot Book Censorship News bookriot.com
Find a local anti-censorship group to join: bookriot.com/anti-censorship-groups
Template to write your legislators about book bans: bookriot.com/template-to-write-legislators-about-book-bans/
Image credits (in order of appearance)
"Bayeux Tapestry." Britannica, edited by Adam Augustyn. March 16, 2023. www.britannica.com/topic/Bayeux-Tapestry
Happy Birthday to Richard Outcault, the Father of Comics as We Know Them. “Yellow Kid comic strip.” Cereno, Benito. January 14, 2016. Comics Alliance. https://comicsalliance.com/tribute-richard-outcault/
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. “Universality of cartoon imagery.” McCloud, Scott. April 27, 1994. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/UnderstandingComicsTheInvisibleArtByScottMcCloud/mode/2up
Guts: A Graphic Novel. “Guts novel cover image.” Telgemeier, Raina. September 17, 2019. https://www.amazon.com/Guts-Raina-Telgemeier/dp/0545852501
Comic Book Workshops & Training. “Kids drawing comics.” Burgoon, Eben. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5390b5e9e4b06374d7eb776f/1510124985470-PP7MWGT07JPKGR4JVWLR/IMG_3006.jpg
Captain America Comics (1941) #1. 2023. Marvel. https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/7849/captain_america_comics_1941_1
Comics and Graphic Novels. “Her Colonies Reduced cartoon.” March 8, 2023. ASU Library-Library Guides. https://libguides.asu.edu/comics
The MLK Graphic Novel That Inspired John Lewis and Generations of Civil Rights Activists. “Montgomery Story Comic Cover.” Klein, Christopher. December 13, 2021. History. https://www.history.com/news/civil-rights-graphic-novel-mlk-john-lewis
Visibility Matters! Maia Kobabe Responds to Book Banning. “Gender Queer images.” Abenheim, Ted. October 30, 2021. Prism Comics. https://www.prismcomics.org/visibility-matters-maia-kobabe-responds-to-book-banning/
CSotD: First the fury, then the facts. “Maus images.” Peterson, Mike. January 27, 2023. https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/01/27/csotd-first-the-fury-then-the-facts/
U.S. parents are attempting to ban books about race in schools. This author experienced it first-hand. “Jerry Craft images.” January 29, 2022. CBC Radio. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/behind-the-protest-convoy-bill-browder-banning-books-by-black-authors-groundhog-day-again-and-more-1.6331589/u-s-parents-are-attempting-to-ban-books-about-race-in-schools-this-author-experienced-it-first-hand-1.6332445
Kearney, Sen. Tim. John Lewis “Freedom is not a state…” quote. Facebook, June 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/SenTimKearney/posts/on-juneteenth-we-celebrate-the-day-when-the-news-of-freedom-finally-reached-slav/949771138794925/
Citations & Further Learning:
2022 Book Ban Data. American Library Association, Office of Intellectual Freedom. April 24, 2023. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/book-ban-data
Right to Read Day. American Library Association, Unite Against Book Bans. April 24, 2023. https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/
The MLK Graphic Novel That Inspired John Lewis and Generations of Civil Rights Activists written by Christopher Klein. December 13, 2021. History. https://www.history.com/news/civil-rights-graphic-novel-mlk-john-lewis
(Read The Montgomery Story here:https://www.crmvet.org/docs/ms_for_comic.pdf)
The Yellow Kid. April 13, 2023. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Kid
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. McCloud, Scott. April 27, 1994. Internet Archive. (read it here) https://archive.org/details/UnderstandingComicsTheInvisibleArtByScottMcCloud/mode/2up
Why Comics Are Banned. 2023. CBLDF. https://cbldf.org/why-comics-are-banned/
REPORT: Voters overwhelmingly oppose book banning in the United States. September 19, 2022. EveryLibrary Institute. https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/bookbanningreport
The Topics That Lead Book Ban Requests, According to School Leaders. Will, Madeline. January 14, 2022. Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/the-topics-that-lead-book-ban-requests-according-to-school-leaders/2022/01
American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022. Garcia, Raymond. March 22, 2023. https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/03/record-book-bans-2022
The Comic Book Code: 1954. Culture Shock: Visual Arts. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/comiccodet.html
Comics and Graphic Novels. March 8, 2023. ASU Library-Library Guides. https://libguides.asu.edu/comics
Comics Code Authority. April 23, 2023. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority
What is Critical Race Theory and Why Is it in the News So Much? May 3, 2022. Anti-Defamation League. https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-and-strategies/what-critical-race-theory-and-why-it-news-so-much?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfYKjLp5mt2ld_Vpy1OiP-U76fvvZDbfygBZCbmi1FeDtSAhVixNn_0aAg28EALw_wcB
U.S. parents are attempting to ban books about race in schools. This author experienced it first-hand. January 29, 2022. CBC Radio. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/behind-the-protest-convoy-bill-browder-banning-books-by-black-authors-groundhog-day-again-and-more-1.6331589/u-s-parents-are-attempting-to-ban-books-about-race-in-schools-this-author-experienced-it-first-hand-1.6332445
IDAHO LIBRARY CRACKDOWN CONTINUES: Two more book banning bills head to Idaho Senate. Guido, Laura. March 25, 2023. Idaho State Journal. https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/idaho-library-crackdown-continues-two-more-book-banning-bills-head-to-idaho-senate/article_36879520-8795-5d04-9787-fee4a76ed3b4.html#:~:text=SB%201188%20would%20give%20district,of%20material%20harmful%20to%20minors
Idaho House passes bill that could lead to prosecution of librarians for ‘harmful material. Corbin, Clark. March 7, 2022. Idaho Capitol Sun. https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/03/07/idaho-house-passes-bill-that-could-lead-to-prosecution-of-librarians-for-harmful-material/
San Diego State University Comics Arts Research Guide