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Signed Poster Day on eBay! 27 Aug 2013 | 04:04 am
Today, we continue our series of eBay auctions with SIGNED POSTER DAY! Signed Poster Day begins with this Heroes for Hire poster, donated and signed by artist Khary Randolph (X-Men, Hellboy). With he...
The Inconvenience of Barefoot Gen 26 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Translator and manga industry expert Dan Kanemitsu submitted the following opinion piece on the recent ban of Barefoot Gen from the perspective of being close to the ground in recent battles involving...
Tome Volume 1: Vampirism Up for Bid on eBay! 24 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Neil Gaiman, Jock, Dave McKean, Francisco Francavilla, Becky Cloonan, Matt Wagner, Jill Thompson, Steve Niles, and Jeff Lemire are just a few of the writers and artists that contributed to TOME Volume...
New Zealand Library Refuses to Carry Lost Girls 23 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
When New Zealand cartoonist Dylan Horrocks (Hicksville, Batgirl) requested that his local Auckland library purchase a copy of Alan Moore’s Lost Girls, the library denied his request with the argument ...
Obscenity Case Files: Smith v. California 23 Aug 2013 | 03:57 am
It was established in Roth v. United States that the freedom of speech would not extend to materials that were considered obscene. But what happens to a book store that unknowingly carries books that ...
Indianapolis Library Refuses to Censor Erotic Novel 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
An Indiana library is facing some heat after a 9-year-old obtained an erotic novel using the self-check out system. After the child left the library with a copy of the erotic novel Night Games by Crys...
Today on eBay: The Flash by Freddie E. Williams II 22 Aug 2013 | 08:57 am
We only have one item to showcase today for our ongoing series of eBay auctions, but it’s a doozy: a gorgeous original, black and white portrait of THE FLASH, signed by Freddie E. Williams II! Curren...
Supreme Court Justices Played Video Games During Brown v. EMA 22 Aug 2013 | 12:36 am
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan At 53, Elena Kagan is the youngest member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Kagan recently spoke in Providence, Rhode Island, and Michelle R. Smith with Talking Points Memo...
Barefoot Gen Pulled from Matsue School Libraries 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Keiji Nakazawa’s internationally renowned manga Barefoot Gen, which depicts wartime atrocities from the perspective of the seven-year-old protagonist, has been pulled from primary and middle school li...
TFAW and DCBS Team Up to Support First Amendment Rights as CBLDF Corporate Members 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Discount Comic Book Service and Things From Another World are proud to announce that they are joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund as corporate members–the first comic book retailers to do so sin...