Comic Strips

13491 readers

2546 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

Web of links

!linuxmemes@lemmy.world: "I use Arch btw"
!memes@lemmy.world: memes (you don't say!)

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

lawrence@lemmy.world

1403

Bad Influence. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

108 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Art by Alex Krokus https://bsky.app/profile/alexkrokus.bsky.social

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't follow american book ban list. Is it actually ban?

[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think it's currently on any ban lists in the US; if it is, it's just in a few odd corners. It has been on ban lists around the world in the past for various reasons.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://pen.org/report/beyond-the-shelves/

Disproportionate to publishing rates and like prior school years, books in this prominent subset overwhelmingly include books with people and characters of color (44%) and books with LGBTQ+ people and characters (39%).

Over half (57%) of the banned titles in this subset include sex-related themes or depictions, due to ramped up attacks on “sexual content.”

Nearly 60% of these banned titles are written for young adult audiences, and depict topics young people confront in the real world, including grief and death, experiences with substance abuse, suicide, depression and mental health concerns, and sexual violence.

If you pick around for schools with bans, you can occasionally find 1984 on the list. But that is primarily because of the extramarital sex scene between Wilson Smith (the protagonist) and his lover Julia.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.