Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Bone(d)?

While I don't believe in banning books EVER, I sometimes understand the motivation behind the desire to do so. But not this time. This one is just plain dumb.

A woman in Minnesota has requested that the comic book, Bone, be removed from the shelves of her son's school library. Now, I have read Bone (thanks again to Ticknart for that!), and there is nothing remotely offensive in that book. In fact, I think there's more offensive and sexually-laden material in an Archie comic. Bone is just a great read for all ages.

My favorite thing is this response from Bone creator, Jeff Smith:
"My conclusion is that some people aren't smart enough to read comic books."

3 comments:

ticknart said...

Come on, it's totally offensive. There's sexy, underage legs in the hot spring. There's cigar and cigarette smoking. There's ale drinking. There's old people. It's horrible. I can't believe that I'm the one who provided that filth to you.

*smilez*

heels said...

Bone is a gateway drug and you were my dealer. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!

ticknart said...

I don't know if I'm happy. Proud, though...