Teacher Gives Comic Book Pornography to 13 year old Girl

Graphic novels and manga are exploding like mushrooms all over North America. The major publishing companies are grabbing anything that comes down the pike after smaller companies who have made a little money on books like these. With that comes the clutter of garbage material that involves nudity and sexual and violent content in these books. What most publishers are avoiding to put on their books is some kind of rating system. Books are now finding there way to young kids, who are are not aware of the graphic material inside these books, the parents and teachers are oblivious to the stories inside. There has to be a better system to handle these books, there has to be some kind of responsibility at some level. These books are what they are and should be stated on the front. At least a big label on the front saying it’s kid friendly, or for a mature audience. Parents are not reading them neither are the schools and libraries.

In New Haven, Nate Fisher a teacher gave a comic book called Eightball featuring mild pornographic stories as reading material to a 13 year old girl student. Eightball is a comic book created from Daniel Clowes the author of the graphic novel "Ghost World," that was adapted into a feature film in 2001. The teacher resigned and the investigation cannot be continued after the parents of the 13 year girl read the comic book. The movie industry has a ratings system regulation as do the gaming industry. One or two comic book companies are putting a self-rating system, but I disagree there should be a universal system right away. What message are we sending our kids. The publishers know their market, why is manga within reaching distance of kids who can read material that is geared to adults. The majority of comics are written for adults and with that comes adult themes. I blame more the stores than the publishers, they have a responsibility to know what they are selling also. We all have to work together to make reading comics an enjoyable experience, just like books they belong to certain levels of reading, and clearly graphic novels for adults should not be in a classroom.  Read more>>

 

The girl’s father, who asked that his family remain anonymous because it has already been the target of criticism, described the graphic novel that English teacher Nate Fisher gave the student as "borderline pornography."


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