The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Posted in: Comics | Tagged: bill willingham, Comics, entertainment, fables About Rich JohnstonFounder of Bleeding Cool. And it raises the issue of what else might the store remove from its shelves in order to remain consistent?īut moreover, it says… this isn't over yet. There will also be countering arguments that censorship can only come from a government body (not true) and that private business can do what they like (yes they can, but it's still censorship). There is little belief that the Fables comic suffers from any of the problems that people accuse the author of, and the reason Willingham was on that panel was that Fables has traditionally had strong appeal to a female audience. Which again brings up issues regarding how people see work in relation to the author. Therefore, in upholding the mission and vision of Tubby & Coo's as being all-inclusive and accepting and supportive of ALL people, we have decided to remove Fables from our shelves to publicly express our disdain at the author behind the series and in the hopes of encouraging discussion about diversity. Instead, we got ignorance and misogyny and left feeling devalued.
My friend and I were hoping to have an intelligent discussion and leave the panel feeling uplifted and hopeful. And although you know that this type of person and situation exists, to have it right there, right in your face, was deflating. We're a community center for nerds, geeks, freaks, and the like, and we're family and kid friendly and family oriented.Īlthough we cannot speak for every attendee, from our perspective, it seemed that the entire room, including some of the panelists, felt so suppressed by this one man, a powerhouse in the comics industry, that we were afraid to speak up. Of course, we have books, but we're so much more than a book shop! We offer free wifi and sell merchandise such as t-shirts, board games, and other fun apparel and toys. However it doesn't seem to have stopped there. The bookstore Tubby & Coos which describes itself as,Ī locally owned and woman owned nerdy book shop in Mid-City New Orleans.
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