Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson have joined Judy Blume, Sarah J. Maas, Eric Carle and Kurt Vonnegut on a mind-boggling list of hundreds of books purged from some Tennessee school libraries.
Makes sense, a bare butt is inherently pornographic.
Remember when John Ashcroft covered up the statue of Lady Justice because she has a boobie out? These puritanical prudes are so fucking weird.
Well, if he didn’t cover up that naked boob he would have to see it and be aroused and then how could he do his job? /s
Honestly, the attorney general hiding the statue of lady justice is more evocative than any fiction humans could invent. Soon our silver towers will tarnish and human remains will be added to our burnt offerings….
They’re perverts, the lot of them.
That’s great news, these books are going to be read a lot more now! 😀
republicans are gonna be real shocked when they find out calvin’s stance on deforestation and urban sprawl.
US missed the Holy Inquisition the first time around, so they’re making up for lost time.
Didn’t the conservative crowd popularize the Calvin peeing on XYZ car decal? Ah well… I guess the same folks banning books are just jealous they can’t read.
they did it against bill’s wishes, who hated commercialisation.
Yes, but Bill Waterson was even more reserved than that. I read his biography which was written without his input because he repeatedly refused a request to be interviewed for it.
He never merchandised Calvin & Hobbes and never licensed it to others. Whenever I hear “reclusive genius” I always think of Bill Waterson.
Make America Saudi Arabia again!
I have Stupendous Man on my arm. What I’m trying to say is that I take this personally.
