Stuck Rubber Baby’s naughty bits
According to this item at Howard Cruse’s blog, a group called the Library Patrons of Texas has made a list of every dirty word, racial slur and suggestive image in his award-winning graphic novel, Stuck Rubber Baby. The group’s purpose is is to encourage "local control of taxpayer-funded libraries and responsible age-appropriate selection, classification and access policies sensitive to local community standards and values."
In a spirit of cooperativeness, Howie has offered to re-do his book to suit Texan tastes. Here’s one example:
Artwork copyright Howard Cruse. All Rights Reserved. Thanks, Howard! Keep fighting the good fight!
Don't these people have anything better to do than throw cyber-stones?SHEESH!
Odds are they couldn't quite figure out a way to complain about the fact that the book has gay people in it without getting in trouble. So maybe if they complain about everything ELSE in every single panel of the book, that'd be enough.