Thread by @DerfBackderf

"(Roger Stone) protege Jacob Engels appeared at a School Board meeting, blending in with concerned parents, to discuss sex education books. When Engels took the mic, he read aloud an explicit passage from (the graphic novel) “Gender Queer: A Memoir.”"

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…

This is exactly what I've been tweeting about. And again here's Maia Kobabe's graphic novel GENDER QUEER being used as scare tactic in school board meetings.

This is the book outraged zealots and professional rightwing plants wave around at school board meetings.

#bookbanning

This exact same performance is happening all around the country. The playbook was written by Christian Nationalist "think" tanks & creeps like Steve Bannon, & is bankrolled by dark money.

This is their plan of attack for 2022 and 2024.

At the center of it now is GENDER QUEER, an award-winning autobio GN about Maia's personal journey.

#comicbookwitchhunt

texastribune.org/2021/11/12/gen…

Here's Maia writing an essay about the book and the manufactured controversy.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Comics are again being used as a cattle prod to whip up rightwing voters. Just roll that around in your head, comics colleagues. We're back in 1954.

#bookbanning

I get it, that the indie comics world has ground to a full Covid stop. The fests, where this would've been a hot topic, have been shut down for 2 years (and counting).

We can't let that be the excuse, because Covid hasn't slowed down our enemies one bit.

#bookbanning

I feel like I'm shouting into the void here.

Trust me, when the Christian Nationalists come after YOUR book, like they came after mine, you'll understand the urgency. Purging just Queer Comics won't be enough for these people. That's NOT how they're wired.

These scholastic book purges should be WAY more of an issue in comicdom, especially in the indie comics community. The zealots are coming after our books. Don't think they aren't.

#bookbanning #comicbookwitchhunt #indiecomics @SPXcomics @TorontoComics @CAKEchicago @MoCCAFestNYC