[salawat]

>And it is a desire to label realistic representations of history such as Maus

Dare I ask, wtf is Maus representation of history??

[Lockyy]

Maus is a depiction of Art Spiegelman's father's experience as a Holocaust survivor.

[salawat]

Ahhhh. A Graphical Night (Elie Weisel) then. That's considered obscene? It was required reading for me growing up. Understanding the plumbable depths of human cruelty was considered a worthy expenditure of the education system's time... Might be different now though.

[nemomarx]

It was an autobiographical comic about the Holocaust? How's that not a representation of history?

[salawat]

Never said it wasn't one. Just never heard of it. Wasn't aware it was considered obscene either. Will look into.

[Lockyy]

Maus was subject to one of the many ongoing book bannings in the United States and was removed from multiple libraries due to containing "adult content."

[nemomarx]

It's got some depictions of violence that I think parent groups object to, so that kind of obscenity. There's technically nudity in some of the dead bodies I guess?