![]() ![]() “It’s the rare student or parent who objects to the words ‘naked buns,’” he writes in Going Graphic: Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom (Heinemann, 2004). Researcher Steven Cary calls this the “naked buns” effect. ![]() This is the paradox of graphic novels: The visual element that gives them their power can also make them vulnerable to challenges. ![]() The book was pulled from classrooms for those grades, but remained in school libraries. The “powerful images of torture” on a single page of the book made it unsuitable for seventh graders and required the district to give teachers in grades eight through 10 special professional development classes before they could teach it. On March 14, 2013, teachers in the Chicago Public Schools were told, without explanation, to remove all copies of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis (Pantheon, 2003) from their classrooms.Ī day later, facing protests from students and anti-censorship organizations, Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett explained the move. Also read: Resources for Teaching Graphic Novels 10 Frequently Challenged Graphic Novels Comics Censorship, from 'Gay' Batman to Sendak's Mickey ![]()
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