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The Utah State Board of Education has ordered that schools remove thirteen books from classrooms and libraries, including the graphic novel Blankets by Craig Thompson because they fell foul of "Objective Sensitive Material criteria" on the 2nd of August The books being banned are as follows: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J[...]

Basically, this is getting first dibs via Bleeding Cool before the best bargains  sell out. Welcome to The Top Shelf Comix Annual Sale. There are some damn fine deals, well below Amazon's prices, my own favourites would be March, Century, Bojeffries Saga, Essex County, Heck, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, Infinite Kung Fu, Three Fingers, Unerwater Welder… I should[...]

We also debated whether or not his graphic novel should be considered an historical work.  In dealing with comics and censorship (as well as autobiography), we read and discussed Blankets Many students were shocked that so many graphic novels had faced recent censorship challenges As to the content of Blankets, there was widespread consensus on[...]

These first two issues gives us a vicious reminder why Gravel should be unleashed upon the world again and why we should show up to read about it. Blankets This one didn't come out in February or in the last few months but I somehow missed it – for the last 10 or so years Blankets is[...]