We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
Anime fans in three areas will be happy this December. There are three theaters that will be screening the first two Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies in December. Fans in the following areas will want to check with their theaters: December 2, Screenland Crossroad in Kansas City, Missouri; December 20, The Edge 12 in Birmingham, Alabama; and December 29, Texas Theatre in Dallas, Texas.
The Brentwood Public Library Board of Trustees, in Missouri, voted to keep Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen on it’s shelf after a parent challenged it as being illegal to have in the library because of it’s content being about same sex marriage. Here are a some parts of the letter of explanation that the board used to keep this picture book on it’s shelves. (“In the end, with all due respect, we have decided to keep the book in the collection.” and “the purpose of a library is to encourage literacy, and there’s no right or wrong type of material to do that….[W]hat is legal or acceptable can change, and it’s up to the patron to determine what is acceptable for her household.”
Thanks to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund for relaying this story. If you would like to read the full article follow the link below:
http://cbldf.org/2012/11/challenge-to-uncle-bobbys-wedding-rejected-in-missouri/
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has posted a report that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the Salem Public Library in eastern Missouri for unconstitutionally blocking religious websites. This particular library has deemed it necessary to block Native American and Wicca websites, that give information about both religions, based on being “occult” or “criminal”. Read the article at CBLDF’s website linked below or the full notice at ACLU’s website linked below:
http://cbldf.org/homepage/aclu-asks-missouri-library-to-stop-censoring-websites/
http://www.aclu-em.org/pressroom/2012pressreleases/010312aclufilessuitstopmol.htm