The images at issue are all comics in the manga style. No photographic evidence of criminal behavior is at issue. Nevertheless, a warrant was issued and the laptop was turned over to police. Consequently, the American has been charged with both the possession of child pornography as well as its importation into Canada. As a result, if convicted at trial, the American faces a minimum of one year in prison. This case could have far reaching implications for comic books and manga in North America.
The CBLDF’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to aid the case by raising funds to contribute to the defense and to help the defense with strategy and expert resources.
Brownstein says, “This is an important case that impacts the rights of everyone who reads, publishes, and makes comics and manga in North America. It underscores the dangers facing everyone traveling with comics, and it can establish important precedents regarding travelers rights. It also relates to the increasingly urgent issue of authorities prosecuting art as child pornography. While this case won’t set a US precedent, it can inform whatever precedent is eventually set. This case is also important with respect to artistic merit in the Canadian courts, and a good decision could bring Canadian law closer to US law in that respect. With the help of our supporters, we hope to raise the funds to wage a fight that yields good decisions and to create tools to help prevent these sorts of cases from continuing to spread.”
Archive for the ‘Blog Posts’ Category
- Comic Industry Legend Denny O’Neil dies at age 81
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Dark Horse Comics HALO: COLLATERAL DAMAGE #3My comic shop neglected to pull this for me 🙁
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Story felt rushed and out of place, but it’s a good issue to start with, they even have a “previously on” and “who you need to know about” at the start of the issue.
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Another issue of Poe Dameron in which Poe is sitting in a chair the entire time watching a Holo of other people doing exciting things. At this point the story is feeling over extended and should have been wrapped up in a single issue, but that’s not the way Marvel nor LucasArts works.
Here’s some snap judgements on the comics I read this week:
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I’m surprised how much I’m enjoying a Valiant book with no superheroes in it.
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I’m assuming this is the final Buffy story due to fox taking back the franchise for their inevitable merger with Disney? Regardless, it’s been well written and I’m sad to see the series go.
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Why she gotta be so violent all the time?
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This is one of the most wordy Marvel books that I’ve picked up in a long time. Normally I enjoy reading wordy comics, but this one just kinda spins in the mud for a bit and doesn’t go anywhere.
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Oh, the Punisher is off killing people because he’s the Punisher and they’re bad guys. I don’t believe the main person that’s killed here is going to stay dead very long, they’re one of the biggest villains of the Marvel Universe and it would be just plain stupid to have “The Punisher” be the one that puts them in the ground forever.
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I’m pretty sure this is a new writing team and I’m not sure that I’m a fan yet.
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Magic Man?
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Emperor Pappy is a rude man and this issue lays out all the reasons why Vader ultimately threw him down a shaft.
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“Fungal Spectral Ghost of a Dead Jedi” is not a phrase I would have thought I would ever run in to, yet here we are. This is consistently one of the better Star Wars books that come out every month, and what I would hope for in the “Star Wars Story” movies.
Borderline pornography, but boy howdy does it take it’s basic premise and run with it. I’m going to get the collections and see how I like them.
Punisher is asked to team up with Night Thrasher, Moon Knight, and another mysterious guest star. I dig the idea here and where they’re going with it.
Still enjoying the story, still digging the black and white covers.
This was a huge month for Image Firsts, with a few good ones like Unnatural and this one “Trees”, which is about a post first contact Earth in which the Aliens don’t even recognize us as something they’d like to communicate with. Another one that I’ll eventually get the trades for and consume at a later date.
Dan Abnett can do no wrong, I’ll die on this hill if I have to.
I love the story they’re telling here, but absolutely hate the art style.
Honeymooners getting busy in the back rooms of the Honeymoon Hotel!
Is this the same Ice Cream Man that shows up in the DC comics as well? I’m a fan of the horror story that’s going on here but have no clue what the ICM has to offer. Interesting enough to suggest the issue to anyone interested in horror stories, but not interesting enough to check out other issues.
I’ve been buying this series since I noticed my LCS had nearly the entire run for cover price, and I’m still missing about 4 issues, so I was holding them all until I had the entire run, but then I forgot I was doing that and read this one. Guess I’ll have to move up my purchases of the other missing issues so I can just read through them all asap, because I loved this first issue.
I have no clue why I put this on my pull list. It was an ok story, but I can’t remember what the hook was that got me interested.
I was not prepared for how weird this story was going to be, but I’ll keep an eye out for trades at future conventions, it seemed interesting enough to read the full story.
Warren Ellis is one of the good writers out there, and this was a good first issue, but there’s no story elements that would make me come back to this.
This comic was not made available to me, either through LCS or Diamond problems.
I remember buying and reading the first issue of this series and not being interested in what they were putting down. That remains to be the truth.
Not new, but still needs a mention:
Robin: Son of Batman
LCS had nearly the entire run for $.25 an issue, so I grabbed these and read through most of them. Great art and great story, all featuring a character that I haven’t really had much exposure to, the new Robin, which is the actual son of Bruce Wayne. I missed out on all these shenanigans when they were originally happening, as I had checked out of the comic book scene for a bit, but I’m happy to have the opportunity to read them now.
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Valiant BLOODSHOT SALVATION #12 Aug 8th, 2018 · $3.99I’m not sure if this series is done now or even what it was all about. I liked that they went back to 4001AD, if even for a brief moment.
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Marvel Comics EXILES #6 Aug 8th, 2018 · $3.99
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BOOM! Studios MECH CADET YU #11 Aug 8th, 2018 · $3.99
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Image Comics PORT OF EARTH #8 Aug 8th, 2018 · $3.99
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AfterShock Comics RELAY #2 Aug 8th, 2018 · $3.99
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Marvel Comics STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #19 Aug 8th, 2018 · $3.9
Darth Vader: Baby Killer. There’s a few things I’m ok with in comics, but killing kids as much as they did in this issue was stomach twisting.
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What if everyone just stopped moving? What if you were the only one that could start them again? This is a great start to an interesting story.
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This will be my last one of these. The cover is great, but the interior art is very rough and the story is just as bad.
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Now there’s a supervillain after her?
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The Punisher saves the Marvel Universe, as told by The Incredible Hulk
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This is my first Lion Forge book and its much better than I was expecting. It’s the last issue of a long story though, so I’ll need to pick up the other 13 issues to really have an opinion.
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Campy goodness that continues as you would expect.
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There’s a few panels here with Worf’s eyes where he looks like he’s about to kill his fellow Starfleet officers. He doesn’t actually do it though, I’m sure you’re happy to hear.
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Still the best.
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I missed the first issue of this somehow, so I grabbed both #1 and #2, and found a great story that fills in a TON of backstory for The Force Awakens.
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Qui-Gon Jinn was always a “find the balance” kinda guy and that’s what this story is about. Spoiler: He finds the balance.
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Awesome Andy!
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I hate when people pull my strings like that!
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Skrulls are set to be introduced in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie, so there he are in the comic books from about 60 years ago.