IF themed stuff

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has a benefit auction happening on ebay with the proceeds going to protect free speech in comics. The above drawing by Jeff Smith (Bone) is going for $1075 right now. They also have compiled a fantastic bibliography on the history of censorship of comics.
Black Phoenix Alchemy [...]

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Persepolis–the movie!

Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is one of my favourite graphic novels. I love her art and all the strong, and dynamic, female characters. This book is available at almost 30 public libraries (and at some academic libraries too)–so if you haven’t read it, it shouldn’t be that hard to get your hands [...]

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