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How Unnerving

Yeah, we're in chrysalis mode here at Snap Judgments, big changes coming soon to layout and whatnot. Change is good!

But not some change. At the store, we try to be careful on what kids can and cannot get their grubby little hands on when it comes to common perceptions of 'inappropriate material'. When we get the more mature graphic novels (loosely defined as a store policy regarding extreme graphic violence or boobies), we slip them in a bag and put a label that says customers must be over 16 or 18 to view and/or purchase. Yeah, not everyone does this and it's a little awkward for people wanting to browse through certain Vertigo titles or art books or manga. but it's better to be safe than sorry with parents.

So when I see Y the Last Man, a book we bag up due to mature themes and nudity and sex and a bunch of things that mothers can get riled up about, right next to the young adult section, I feel weird. I mean, Minx, yes! Perfect! But... Y the Last Man? Really?

Ah, not like Borders doesn't have worse in just as close a reach to kids or that there's a chance anyone's going to go sue them over content. Just weird to have that sudden moment of self-doubt and work-induced censorship at a store that doesn't have to follow the same rules we do.