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(CBLDF) To defend Alan Moore's NEONOMICON in South Carolina

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Mr 9.8

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Please god don't let them discover CROSSED. :facepalm:

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/11/neonomicon-graphic-novel-pulled-from-south-carolina-library/

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/18/the-cbldf-go-to-bat-for-neonomicon/

 

 

My question is, shouldn't the parent have given the book a quick look through?

I mean it wasn't wrapped in a Mylar covering was it?

It's this kind of Krap that makes me worry about the return of Wertham-esq hysteria around comics.

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seanfingh

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In my opinion, only adults should read Neonomicon. I don't have any kids. The book was properly shelved (IMO) in the Adults Only Section and the kid that took it had permission from the parent to check out Adults Only material.

 

The fact that the parent didn't like what the kid checked out is not the responsibility of the Library. The fact that the material is extremely violent and sexually graphic is not the responsibility of the Library. The parent should have actually parented. Then there would be no problems.

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comix4fun

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In my opinion, only adults should read Neonomicon. I don't have any kids. The book was properly shelved (IMO) in the Adults Only Section and the kid that took it had permission from the parent to check out Adults Only material.

 

The fact that the parent didn't like what the kid checked out is not the responsibility of the Library. The fact that the material is extremely violent and sexually graphic is not the responsibility of the Library. The parent should have actually parented. Then there would be no problems.

 

 

 

 

"It looked like a murder mystery book....to me that's a child's book."

 

 

Really? Murder? Murder is a suitable topic for a kids book? Seriously?

 

Did they not check the book for a "mature readers" label?

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comix4fun

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Neonomicon is really bad, too, as far as ADULT THEMES is concerned. Other than Crossed, I can't think of a more whince-worthy modern GN.

 

 

 

I just watched that video and the library had it in the adult section and this trailer-tipper of a mom decided to sign it out for her kid without even looking at it. lol

 

Classic modern parenting....it's everyone else's fault.

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Neonomicon is really bad, too, as far as ADULT THEMES is concerned. Other than Crossed, I can't think of a more whince-worthy modern GN.

 

+1

 

The story wasn't even that good IMO. The art was just shock tactics.

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My wife has been a public librarian for nearly 25 years, and has encountered this sort of issue before, most recently with 50 Shades of Grey. In the end, the county-wide system she works for decided not to place that book in circulation for several reasons, among them the fact that it was widely panned as pornography, which is contrary to local selection standards (which are nominally review-based). The book is, however, available through the library systems of several adjoining counties, which just goes to show you that community standards are a funny--and powerful--thing.

 

As in most of these cases, the real issue for taxpayers is whether or not public funds can or should be used to provide "free" access to this sort of thing through a public institution (many of which are working with increasingly limited resources to begin with), which in turn means that the issue for trustees and administrators is whether or not their government funding remains at beneficial levels.

 

Honestly, I'm surprised that Neonomicon made it to the stacks at all. If I had to guess, I'd say that some low-level functionary in their selection department screwed up, ordered it as a horror GN (by the author of Watchmen!), but didn't bother to read it or review it in any detail.

 

 

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comix4fun

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:gossip: Take a look at the mom in the video, then imagine what would happen to a trailer upon which she sat on the side.
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VintageComics

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Seems she's only asking for a rating system.

 

The book was shelved in a section of the library that was rated for ADULTS.

 

What a dumbarse of a parent.

 

doh!

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Mr 9.8

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I've read up to issue 3 of Neonomicon and after I finished issue 3 all I could think of was that Alan Moore was finally off his nut.

I mean what was he trying to say with this book?

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Well, while I think the parent in this case was perhaps a bit lazy, she's not foaming at the mouth, asking for the library to remove the book.

 

She was asking for the lazy way out, which isn't all that unexpected in modern America. "Just give me the Cliff's Notes to the dang thing, I ain't got time to friggin read it or nothing. You tell me if that's something I should let my kid read, I got some television to watch and some Internets to surf."

 

But in the censorship continuum, this isn't exactly the - now see what I am about to do here - 1933 Wartburg festival or nothin

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In my opinion, only adults should read Neonomicon. I don't have any kids. The book was properly shelved (IMO) in the Adults Only Section and the kid that took it had permission from the parent to check out Adults Only material.

 

The fact that the parent didn't like what the kid checked out is not the responsibility of the Library. The fact that the material is extremely violent and sexually graphic is not the responsibility of the Library. The parent should have actually parented. Then there would be no problems.

 

Big fat +1 on this.

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VintageComics

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Well, while I think the parent in this case was perhaps a bit lazy, she's not foaming at the mouth, asking for the library to remove the book.

 

She was asking for the lazy way out, which isn't all that unexpected in modern America. "Just give me the Cliff's Notes to the dang thing, I ain't got time to friggin read it or nothing. You tell me if that's something I should let my kid read, I got some television to watch and some Internets to surf."

 

But in the censorship continuum, this isn't exactly the - now see what I am about to do here - 1933 Wartburg festival or nothin

 

You mean a sign that says "Adult Section of the Library" is not enough?

 

 

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I've read up to issue 3 of Neonomicon and after I finished issue 3 all I could think of was that Alan Moore was finally off his nut.

I mean what was he trying to say with this book?

 

Am I the only one that liked this book? I thought it was a good exploration of the underside of Lovecraft's legacy. I mean, Lovecraft's work are sexless yet at the same time brimming with sexual terror. So let's explore that. And readers have tried to "recover" Lovecraft's reputation and scrub away the racism. So let's explore that, too.

 

I dunno, I dug it. Keep it in the library. So the kid got a scary glimpse of sexuality. It's not Omaha the Cat Dancer.

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