Comments on: PRoN frolic with children’s books causes ruckus in Singapore

by: money lol

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:26:53 +0000

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by: lol money

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:26:48 +0000

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by: Free

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:08:37 +0000

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by: Torsten Adair

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:10:46 +0000

Point One: Barnes & Noble classifies it as a general graphic novel, which means at the larger stores it gets shelved in with the black and white American graphic novels (Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, Norton…) Of course, it’s the smaller stores where there will be complaints, but those stores know how to handle this sort of thing. (Lost Girls was only initially ordered for about fifty stores, and those stores (NYC included) were instructed to display it behind the Information Desk.) The only complaint I have had at my store (employed since 1999) was when an Assistant Store Manager displayed one of the Tom of Finland comics in a window display for Gay Pride Month.

Point Two: Children and Teens will find (and steal) stuff if they look hard enough for it. The stuff I sell in GN is nothing compared to the stuff we have up in the Art and Photography sections. (Google “Jock Sturges” or Taschen)

Point Three: I enjoy GNs for adults. This title is something I might give an “R” rating to. It’s not something I’d show a child, but a high school student has probably seen most of what is depicted in this title on cable television. According to WorldCat, only ten public libraries (of twenty total) stock this title, while Fun Home can be found in 878 libraries.

Point Four: Singapore? Land of the Free compared to Indonesia, right next door. 222 million people, 88% of which are (mostly moderate) Muslims.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Indonesia

Point Five: Both the Simpsons and Porn Star are published by HarperCollins, a division of News Corporation. Ironically, Collins was originally a publisher of Bibles. Harper’s cartoon links go all the way back to Thomas Nast (Santa Claus, Republican Elephant, Democratic Donkey). Their humor DNA goes back to Mark Twain.

Point Six: Mr Chang will be illustrating covers for Marvel. This will probably not surprize many people.

by: Casey

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:33:10 +0000

If that is a problem in Singapore then a shitstorm is ready to hit the rest of South East Asia when parents find that in almost every DVD shop from Hong Kong to Jakarta puts TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE in the kids section next to Pixar movies.

I’m already groaning at the Asian media who will no doubt use headlines like “Comics Aren’t For Kids Anymore” even in Asia where they haven’t been for years. At least Dark Knight and Watchmen are tame compared to some of the new stuff coming out these days.

by: michael

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:24:17 +0000

ahhhhh, the simpsons and porn, back together again!

by: Chuck Wood

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:04:30 +0000

The comic store owners should really know better, isn’t that their job? Anyway, I’ve read this book, it’s great! Very realistic! Any 12 year old how reads this is gonna be put off of women for a long time….lying, thieving, cheating gender…..

by: Tinpan

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:23:10 +0000

Strict control in Singapore? Tell me about it. I have to show my ID to the cashier at Takashimaya before I could buy anything with yaoi on it….all of it shrinkwrapped, of course.

by: Ian Boothby

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:25:34 +0000

Still on the bright side, nice to see the Simpsons comics collections gettings some coverage on the news.

by: Christopher Moonlight

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:17:12 +0000

It’s not shrink wrapped at the B&N by my house, but it is racked with Batman, Superman, and the X-men. I’m thinking that the title alone should be a tip off, but I’ll say it anyway. Comic shop owners: Please keep this book where only adults can get at it. To the makers of Porn Star: Maybe you should point out to the people who sell your comic, that some comics arn’t for kids. How many feet do we have left to shoot?