Comments on: Teacher assigns “lewd” comic http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:36:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Rob Rogers http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-420384 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:36:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-420384 According to an update of the article, the comic was Eightball, the kid is now referred to as being 13, and the teacher has resigned. I'm not very familiar with Eightball, so I'm not sure what how to gauge the reactions of the people quoted. Here's the URL for the updated article: http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=7100387 According to an update of the article, the comic was Eightball, the kid is now referred to as being 13, and the teacher has resigned. I’m not very familiar with Eightball, so I’m not sure what how to gauge the reactions of the people quoted.

Here’s the URL for the updated article: http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=7100387

]]> by: Kat Kan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-420219 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:53:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-420219 Per Alexa's comment: I'm a librarian, I'm describing the way Blankets is handled in almost every library whose librarian I know, and I know (or am acquainted with) plenty of them. Plus, Blankets has been discussed extensively on librarian listservs, so please give me credit for giving a consensus opinion held by many librarians across the country. It doesn't matter that YOU as a freshman could have handled the book. So could I have, but that was almost 40 years ago for me. I've been promoting the inclusion of graphic novels in libraries for almost a quarter-century, and reviewing them for library media for more than 13 years. Believe me, I know a lot of high school librarians who wouldn't even consider adding Blankets to their collections, precisely because they know they've got students and parents like this set who got the teacher in trouble. Per Alexa’s comment: I’m a librarian, I’m describing the way Blankets is handled in almost every library whose librarian I know, and I know (or am acquainted with) plenty of them. Plus, Blankets has been discussed extensively on librarian listservs, so please give me credit for giving a consensus opinion held by many librarians across the country. It doesn’t matter that YOU as a freshman could have handled the book. So could I have, but that was almost 40 years ago for me. I’ve been promoting the inclusion of graphic novels in libraries for almost a quarter-century, and reviewing them for library media for more than 13 years. Believe me, I know a lot of high school librarians who wouldn’t even consider adding Blankets to their collections, precisely because they know they’ve got students and parents like this set who got the teacher in trouble.

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418573 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:05:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418573 It may be difficult to obtain more information about this case because it is a personnel matter (between the teacher and the school) and as such will have "privacy" walls around it that would not pertain to, say, a comics shop owner getting arrested for giving a mature-themes comic to a 9-year-old. It may be difficult to obtain more information about this case because it is a personnel matter (between the teacher and the school) and as such will have “privacy” walls around it that would not pertain to, say, a comics shop owner getting arrested for giving a mature-themes comic to a 9-year-old.

]]> by: Alexa http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418531 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:30:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418531 Still, I hope the CBLDF is keeping abreast of the story. Not that they need another case-- think of all the perfume Neil would have to sell! Still, I hope the CBLDF is keeping abreast of the story. Not that they need another case– think of all the perfume Neil would have to sell!

]]> by: StevenRowe http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418452 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:40:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418452 a "lewd" comic could be anything from an adult comic to a R rated Magna to most of today's Marvel and DC comics to a swimsuit issue of Betty and Veronica. a “lewd” comic could be anything from an adult comic to a R rated Magna to most of today’s Marvel and DC comics to a swimsuit issue of Betty and Veronica.

]]> by: Dennis Thomas http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418389 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-418389 Actually, I am amazed at how little actual information was conveyed in that article. I am also amazed at how little coverage this is receiving overall. I tried to find more information on this using a Google search and itcame up with this very article, the news channel article that is referenced and another one pointing to the Beat entry again. I would have thought that a censorship case with a bit of a tawdry cast to it would have attracted a little more attention! :-) Actually, I am amazed at how little actual information was conveyed in that article. I am also amazed at how little coverage this is receiving overall. I tried to find more information on this using a Google search and itcame up with this very article, the news channel article that is referenced and another one pointing to the Beat entry again.

I would have thought that a censorship case with a bit of a tawdry cast to it would have attracted a little more attention! :-)

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417957 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:20:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417957 That Heroes in Hire issue that came out last week with the bondage cover that everyone was whining about? ~ Coat That Heroes in Hire issue that came out last week with the bondage cover that everyone was whining about?

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Coat

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417921 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:17:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417921 I too, really wanna see what comic it was before I make judgement. But, seeing how these things go, usually the idiots who give underage kids comics without comsidering other peoples' morals, end up giving them something that does have questionable content. I too, really wanna see what comic it was before I make judgement.

But, seeing how these things go, usually the idiots who give underage kids comics without comsidering other peoples’ morals, end up giving them something that does have questionable content.

]]> by: Todd Alcott http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417912 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:06:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417912 It was probably <i>Maus</i>, which a school board would consider "pornographic" for the same reason they consider <i>Slaughterhouse-Five</i> "pornographic" -- there's one page with a drawing of a woman's breasts on it. Of course, in <i>Maus</i> they're a mouse's breasts, and she's lying atop a mountain of corpses, but these school-board types don't split hairs in cases like these. It was probably Maus, which a school board would consider “pornographic” for the same reason they consider Slaughterhouse-Five “pornographic” — there’s one page with a drawing of a woman’s breasts on it.

Of course, in Maus they’re a mouse’s breasts, and she’s lying atop a mountain of corpses, but these school-board types don’t split hairs in cases like these.

]]> by: rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417707 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:08:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417707 Interesting ... even though it is a news "brief", why don't they mention the title of the comic? Interesting … even though it is a news “brief”, why don’t they mention the title of the comic?

]]> by: Alexa http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417383 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:10:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417383 <i>The girl is a freshman in high school. Blankets is considered to be suitable for OLDER teens, like seniors, not freshmen.</i> Oh, fuck that. Parents like these would have raised a fuss if she had been 18, just as easily as when she's 14. Besides, it was not too long ago that I was a freshman in high school, and I can tell you that I could have handled Blankets then. Of course, this pretty much guarantees that every kid in the school will read it by next week. The girl is a freshman in high school. Blankets is considered to be suitable for OLDER teens, like seniors, not freshmen.

Oh, fuck that. Parents like these would have raised a fuss if she had been 18, just as easily as when she’s 14. Besides, it was not too long ago that I was a freshman in high school, and I can tell you that I could have handled Blankets then.

Of course, this pretty much guarantees that every kid in the school will read it by next week.

]]> by: Kat Kan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417371 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:56:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417371 The girl is a freshman in high school. Blankets is considered to be suitable for OLDER teens, like seniors, not freshmen. Considering how some high school librarians criticized Naruto for being "lewd" and pornographic (it's sadly all too true - I was flamed for daring to recommend it to teens), it could be ANYTHING. The girl is a freshman in high school. Blankets is considered to be suitable for OLDER teens, like seniors, not freshmen. Considering how some high school librarians criticized Naruto for being “lewd” and pornographic (it’s sadly all too true - I was flamed for daring to recommend it to teens), it could be ANYTHING.

]]> by: Alexa http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417337 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:35:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417337 It'd be awesome if it was The Pro. Or even better, wouldn't it be great if it was the FCBD Alternative Comics that got that guy down in Georgia all that trouble, and the teacher assigned it as a lesson in censorship? That's always fun. It’d be awesome if it was The Pro.

Or even better, wouldn’t it be great if it was the FCBD Alternative Comics that got that guy down in Georgia all that trouble, and the teacher assigned it as a lesson in censorship? That’s always fun.

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417308 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:19:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417308 "Maybe Lost Girls" Pricey reading for a classroom. 10 to one it's some kind of manga. We're in trouble anyway. "Brakin the law, Brakin the law." “Maybe Lost Girls”

Pricey reading for a classroom. 10 to one it’s some kind of manga. We’re in trouble anyway.
“Brakin the law, Brakin the law.”

]]> by: HABE http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417295 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:09:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417295 Knowing the media, it was probably "Bone." Knowing the media, it was probably “Bone.”

]]> by: jimmy palmiotti http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417223 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:15:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417223 THE PRO? THE PRO?

]]> by: Alexa http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417157 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:11:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/09/18/teacher-assign-lewd-comic/#comment-417157 It was probably Blankets. Maybe Lost Girls, but even that would be surprising. If it is Lost Girls, though we have the Canadian government on our side. It was probably Blankets. Maybe Lost Girls, but even that would be surprising. If it is Lost Girls, though we have the Canadian government on our side.

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