Daniel Clowes involved in Clowes-ian Story.

Teacher gives student a copy of Daniel Clowes' Eightball, parents freak out at the "near pornography", teacher is forced to resign. Girl gets harassed for getting the cool teacher fired.

hmmm. lets see, is eightball 22 illegal to sell to underage kids?
it doesnt say so anywhere on the cover. nor does it ask for my age on the order form.
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/clowes/clowes.html

damn witchhunts.

Wow. If that isn't already a Clowes story, then he's got some new material to draw from. Stat.

you know what would be awesome rad? IF DAN CLOWES DREW AN ISSUE DEVOTED TO THIS ISSUE TO RAISE MONEY TO SUE THE SCHOOL!

thats if, you know, alternative comic books raised enough money to buy more than a modest lifestyle.

on second thought dan, dont get involved. youll only hurt everyone, including yourself.

That's the fucking Ice Haven issue! One of the best things he's written in recent years. What a bunch of uptight fuckwads.

I just flipped through it, and all I can find of a "naked woman" is two panels of a "topless" woman. Each only showing one tit. Hardly "naked".

Like a 14 year old never saw a drawing of naked woman before either.
I was drawing them myself in art class when I was that age!


Still, I'm not sure why a teacher would give it to her. Most barely-teenagers would rather read Minx comics than Clowes, I would imagine.

My mom, who is a librarian, asked me if I thought her school's library should have a comic book section. I pointed out that comics, even the more literary, serious-minded comics, graphic illustrations of extreme violence and sexuality at times, and parents might object. She countered that the students commonly read books that have rape, violence, and pretty much everything else you can think of. I argued that while parents may be theoretically okay with their students reading this stuff, they may feel differently when there are images staring them in the face.

In short, I feel vindicated.

I Love Dan Clowes and Eightball . It's a shame that America is so backwards when it comes to educating people about sex and life . Yet another example of not letting kids decide for themselves what is right or wrong . Kids are smarter than adults anyway . How do I know this ? They don't have full time jobs .
By the way , isn't the bible full of grisly scenes as well ? Don't taser me for asking this question , k .