Everything about this is depressing: Beverly James, the Library Executive Director at Greenville County, has overruled the library’s challenge committee, and made the decision to pull the Alan Moore/Jacen Burrows comic Neonomicon from the shelves because she finds it “disgusting.” But the reason this particular book is disgusting, apparently, is because it’s a comic book:
She acknowledged the library has many books that deal in such detail with the very same subject matter — racism, rape, murder, sex — but for her, the pictures gave her pause.
Like I said, depressing.
January 7th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Logic and common sense probably cause her brain to completely shut down then.
January 7th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
Where exactly is this Greenville County? That should be part of this story.
January 7th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
Typical censorship. This girl must live a sheltered life in a sheltered town in the hill country. No real exposure to the outside world.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:12 pm
Well, let’s be honest, it is a pretty gross book. But… well, I have an MLS, and this kind of goes against everything I believe in.
January 8th, 2013 at 3:26 am
The reason this particular book is disgusting, apparently, is because it’s a comic book:
January 8th, 2013 at 4:26 am
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