Mike, Paul, and Tia are joined by Amie Wright, chairperson on the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table committee within the American Library Association to talk comic book challenges and bans in the United States!

Links:

• GNRCT Webinar with Trung Le Nguyen
• GNRCT Webinar Archive
• Preparing For and Addressing Challenges to Comics in the Library Committee
• Trade Secrets: Addressing Challenges to Comics in Libraries
• Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 (including Gender Queer and Flamer)
• Comics that Moms for Liberty Hate (Book Riot article by Kelly Jensen)
• Amie on Twitter: @librarylandia
• ALA Graphic Novels & Comics RT: @libcomix

Books discussed

• Flamer
• Gender Queer
• New Kid
• Unflattening
• Sex is a Funny Word

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics
• 00:01:38 - Deep Cuts #1
• 00:05:20 - Two Graves #6
• 00:12:11 - Captain America, edited by Ben Saunders
• 00:15:56 - Strange Academy: Finals #6
• 00:18:54 - Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2
• 00:23:46 - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Chapter 1/The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Chapter 1
• 00:26:32 - Top of Our Pile
• 00:26:32 - Werewolf Jones and Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual
• 00:29:36 - The Best of 2000 AD Vol 3
• 00:32:04 - The Magic Fish
• 00:33:56 - Discord Picks
• 00:34:36 - The Great Disappointment
• 00:37:36 - Censorship, Challenges, and Bans in the Library System
• 01:12:20 - Wrap / Credits

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