Freedom to Read

VIDEO: Steve McQueen Outmaneuvers Censors in Arizona

By Acacia O'Connor|2019-03-07T21:45:50-05:00March 4th, 2013|Blog|

Steve McQueen's biography, "Tales of a Lurid Life" was apparently too much so for some patron of the Flagstaff City-Coconino County Library in Arizona. Reports don't specify why the challenge was lodged, but a library committee ultimately decided to keep the book on its shelves. In honor of this narrow evasion, we give you: an epic 6 minute-long motorcycle escape scene [...]

Graphic Novels and Comic Books, They’re Not Just for Kids

By Acacia O'Connor|2024-08-26T18:34:31-04:00June 18th, 2012|Blog|

In fact, many of them contain the sorts of things you might not want a young child to see. Like video games, the market for comic books and graphic novels has a broader demographic appeal than 50 or 60 years ago. If your child does read, say, the dark and graphic work Neonomicon by Alan Moore, however, the answer may be [...]