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[darkelf105]

Well, I have been thinking about reading "The Lost Girls" by Alan Moore for some time now, except at Borders I found a set that had the wrapper taken off and flipped through the art and on first impression found it, well, garish. I did not, however, look closely at it nor for an extended period of time. Upon further research on the internetz I have discovered that it is supposed to be stylistically like that of Victorian art, which now makes sense. I have heard so many great things about these comics/books that I am really, really interested in them. Unfortunately, their price tag has been a bit of a set back. So then I got curious, and yes, I can order the set through Clevenet. Do you know how awesome that is? I can get erotic comics delivered to my local library, read them, and then decide if I want to buy. I am very happy that Ohio isn't as censorious as I had originally thought. I remember the shit hitting the fan for awhile when Cleveland decided to add some yaoi (and tame yaoi at that) to their collection. I wish I could find the website of the outraged mother because that was good for some laughs. I know that our branch still dances around the issue and I am afraid to put something that is shonen-ai (if people still use that term for boy's love) like "Loveless" on the shelf. That's tame. Well, kinda creepy what with the whole twenty year old who has a crush on a twelve year old. But good. I love me some "Loveless". Hell, I have extra copies of "Saiyuki" I want to donate, and those just have hints of man-love in them (all for the better because the characters are great)but I am nervous, mainly because I don't want to hear it. But I feel bad because, you know what, the kids read the manga, and those are some of the most popular titles and what the hell do I care about what a few people in the reading public find offensive. That's between the kids and their parents. And they ARE rated and.....arghhh, I am about to rant about censorship again, so I will just stop. If you know me, you know I am anything goes, don't care, don't put my reading and viewing level with that of a child's, blah blah blah....ya know the typical liberal spiel. Anywho I know I owe all of you a book review of John Connolly's "The Book of Lost Things" but I wanted to quote Harold Bloom and Bruno Bettelheim and cannot find
either of their books, which is to say the least, annoying.