Alan Moore's Neonomicon challenged in South Carolina.

From WSPA:

Recently, the teen found the book, "Neonomicon", in the library's adult section and thought it would be a real page turner. Kids above the age of 13 can check out books in the adult section, if they have their parents' permission. "It looked like a murder mystery comic book to me," recalls Carrie Gaske. "It looked like a child's book. I flipped through it, and thought it was ok for her to check out."

My emphasis. Because it sounds a whole lot like this complainant is suggesting that either A) everything in the adult section should conform to her idea of what is appropriate for her fourteen-year-old daughter, or B) that all books should have a rating. (The ratings argument comes up later on in the article.)

Also, the library system doesn't appear to be into the whole 'innocent-until-proven-guilty' thing—both copies have been pulled off of the shelves until the challenge is resolved.

Comments

[Mallorie]

This absolutely baffles me. I mean, shouldn't the fact that the book is shelved in adult be tipoff enough? Every time one of these stories comes out about a parent that is just absolutely shocked about the content that their child finds in an ADULT book, I just want to smack some sense into them.

Also, just because it's illustrated (graphic novel) doesn't mean it's a children's book. Yeesh.

[ReadsRantsRaves]

I totally agree! How can parents miss this just from the art? Also, every time I skim through a really graphic novel I get the worst bits 99% of the time, so...how was that missed? *sigh*

Lastly, it is Alan Moore. Doesn't every one know by now he's known for his pornographic stuff? Maybe that's just my household...