Comic Book Universe | December 03, 2009 | 4 comments

Lexington library moves graphic novels after “community concerns”

source: http://bit.ly/5e10gC

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WesleySmith
The library that fired an employee for preventing a girl from reading a mature graphic novel, moves its graphic novel collection away from the Young Adult section.
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4 comments // Lexington library moves graphic novels after “community concerns”

  • remanns
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      remanns  

    • Yah,...11 is a tad less than 'young adult'. Still silly to get worked up over it. Alan Moore is not "porn",....and if the kid can digest material at that level and enjoys it,....whatever. I believe I read Frankenstein at 12. ( What is the intended age range of 'Young Adult' anyway,....in theory. This is not a rhetorical question, if some librarian would like to chime in...?)

    • 2 years ago
  • sirpaulmcdarkney
  • WesleySmith
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      WesleySmith  
    • sirpaulmcdarkney:

      Honestly, I'm a little of two minds about this. Of course library workers should not be allowed to dictate what children should or should not read. But on the other hand, our local library system doesn't have a "graphic novel" section, per se. It does have a Young Adult graphic novel section, where kids and teens can find Ultimate Spider-Man, Teen Titans, etc. But most of the comic collections and graphic novels are shelved with in the regular adult collection, either under fiction or in the 600s with comic strip collections.

    • 2 years ago
  • ThoughtNu
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      ThoughtNu  

    • This makes no sense. The entire demographic of graphic novels is young adults. Just because some librarian has Orwellian ideals doesn't mean this is the right choice.

      Would any manufacturer allow their product to be moved away from their target demographic by a local shelf stacker?

    • 2 years ago
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