• More on Ezra Levant's cartoon case is kangaroo court, this time from A.M Lamey (who shares a blog with freedom fighter Jeet Heer).

• Herve St-Louis has an excellent essay about the general suckiness of comic book publisher websites, especially when considered from the point of view of journalists and bloggers.

• Cartoonist Sarah Lazarovic is one of the panelists reviewing the Persepolis film for the National Post.

• Xtra West reports that Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium is for sale. Long plagued by Canada Customs, the store has been fighting to freely import books and comics, regardless of sexual content. Here's hoping the new owners continue the good fight:

News that Deva and Smyth are relinquishing ownership of Little Sister's is being met with shock and sadness, but also with a sense of profound gratitude for the leadership role they've assumed on issues that resonate with the queer community. Issues like spearheading the response to Aaron Webster's murder in 2001; community policing; housing issues in the West End; and a community resource and gathering space.

But the store and its owners and manager are probably best known for their decades-long battle with Canada Customs (now Canada Border Services Agency) which began seizing their shipments in 1984 on the grounds that their gay and lesbian imports were obscene.

With its shelves sitting half-empty and shipments arriving in a tattered state, Little Sister's took Customs to court for the first time in 1987 for unfairly targeting the community's material.

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