The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has a full-time job defending the works of comic book authors.
And there are comics (also known as graphic novels) that haven't been banned, but are labled to indicate they have "inappropriate content", kind of like the parental advisory labels they have on some music CDs.
You can find a list of comics that have been banned (also explaining why) on CBLDF's website. We have most these graphic novels in the Library. You can find them by searching the title and/or author in the library catalogue.
Here are some good keywords you can use in your searches for books about censorship in our library catalogue:
At one time or another, all the library books below have been challenged and/or banned somewhere in Canada. Look the book up on Freedom To Read's full list to find out why it was challenged.
Exercise your freedom, and read a banned book.
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
An Anthology Of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories by Ivan Brunetti
The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide by Lewy Guenter
Art's Supplies by Chris Tougas
Black Looks : Race and Representation by Bell Hooks
Bad Medicine : A Judge's Struggle For Justice In A First Nations Community by John Reilly
Black Hole by Charles Burns
Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Color Psychology And Color Therapy : A Factual Study Of The Influence Of Color On Human Life by Faberr Birren
Dance Me Outside by W. P. Kinsella
Deliverance by James Dickey
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture edited by Carole Boyce Davies
Fifty Mighty Men by Grant MacEwan
Final Exit : The Practicalities Of Self-Deliverance And Assisted Suicide For The Dying by Derek Humphry
Forbidden Passages by Pat Califia
Gentle Sinners by W.D. Valgardson
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Hitler's War by David Irving
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Lethal Marriage by Nick Pron
Lives Of Girls And Women by Alice Munro
Lizzy's Lion by Dennis Lee
Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety by Daniel Smith
Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
Our Petroleum Challenge: Exploring Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry by Robert Bott
Paul Kagame And Rwanda : Power, Geonocide And The Rwandan Patriotic Front by Colin M. Waugh
Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson
Sri Guru Granth Sahib in English Translation by Gurbachan Singh Talib
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Uncle Remus by Joel Harris
The Valour And The Horror by Merily Weisbord
The Wars by Timothy Findley
What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense by Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson and Robert George
The Young In One Another’s Arms by Jane Rule
Freedom to Read week happens every February, when Canadian libraries try to raise awareness about censorship and intellectual freedom.
Canadian Border Service agents can prevent anything crossing the border they've classified as violating Canadian laws around hate, propaganda, seditious or treasonous materials. They can also stop anything from coming into Canada that an agent has decided is "obscene". Wondering what is obscene?
Get the fulsome descriptions at the Canadian Border Service Agency's criteria of obscenity.
And here is CANLII Connects summary page of Vancouver's Little Sisters Bookstore v Canada, a now famous battles with Canada Customs and Revenue Agency over the Agency's seizure at the border of books and magazines purchased by the bookstore.