Illuminate dc review9/15/2023 ![]() ![]() The ALA have been tracking record numbers of challenges to books in recent years, CNN spoke earlier this month to authors of colour whose work has been targeted, including New Kid creator Jerry Craft. Publisher’s Weekly report on ongoing legal battles regarding Virginia state obscenity law, and an attempt to restrict the sale of certain books under it, as lawyers for Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe, publisher Oni Press, and retailer Barnes & Noble have filed motions to dismiss the suit, arguing that attempts to apply the law in this manner are defective and unconstitutional.Hopping across the pond, and the 2022 Max und Moritz Awards were also announced last week, as part of the 20th Erlangen International Comic Salon, with Birgit Weyhe winning Best German-Speaking Comic Artist, and Aisha Franz’ Work-Life-Balance named Best German-Language Comic - a full list of this year’s laureates, including Lifetime Achievement winner Naoki Urasawa, can be found here.Starting of the week with prize news, as the 2022 Doug Wright Awards were announced last weekend, as part of this year’s Toronto Comics Art Festival, with Brigitte Archambault’s The Shiatsung Project winning Best Book, and Sami Alwani winning the Nipper award for emerging talent - a full rundown of this year’s award winners can be found here.Reading through my fingers… This week’s news. ![]() Now, just let me take a big ol’ sip of water before I open my laptop to look at what’s on the docket this time out, and– Well, at least it’s insured, I guess.īuthonestlywhoneedsaworkingspacebaranyway. Well, you can’t really deny that there’s a lot of bad news in the world right now, but if there’s one thing that’s always an unerring source of uniform positivity it is this week’s links, a selection of which can be found below. Features Illuminate the Main Streets – This Week’s Links ![]()
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