Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Lost Girls Banned in Canada
:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/07/2006 04:17:00 AM Lost Girls, the new graphic novel by UK writer-artist team Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie has been declared pornagraphic and banned in Canada by Canada Customs, according to Matt at blogT.O.. The book, published by U.S. publisher Top Shelf, is printed overseas.
"When I called The Beguiling a couple of weeks ago to ask after additional copies, though, I was told that the publisher had explicitly asked them to stop selling Lost Girls in Toronto, until their appeal against Canada Customs can go through. In the meantime, Chapters has put a hold on all orders for the book in Canada, and most of the other comic book stores in the city won't stock it, or weren't ever planning to.
The Silver Snail, known the world over as one of the best comic book stores in North America, wouldn't touch Lost Girls with a ten-foot cattle prod, saying that theirs is a family store, and Lost Girls is not family material."
Writing in a comment on the same blog, Beguiling employee Chris Butcher notes that the Beguiling will continue to defy the import "ban".Labels: Ontario, Toronto
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