Christopher Hart’s “how-to-draw” books have been blamed for a multitude of sins, but this is the first time I’ve seen them fingered in a school suspension.
The Anchorage, Alaska, Daily News reports that fifth-grader Hatcher Johnson received a three-day in-school suspension after he showed his drawings of nude women to a classmate. The illustrations were based on instructions in Hart’s Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics.
The drawings were passed from student to student until, eventually, Johnson ended up in the principal’s office.
Johnson, 12, said he thought the figure drawings would be okay because he’d seen nude paintings in art books at the school library.
Johnson’s mother, Susan, says the school overreacted.
(Via Active Anime)
April 10th, 2008 at 9:12 am
“Johnson’s mother, Susan, says the school overreacted.”
Welcome to the US public school system. Now, bend over.