Owyn_Merrilin said:
WarpZone said:
Gottesstrafe said:
Try Lost Girls by Alan Moore. You'll know when you see it...
Careful. Lost Girls, although considered a seminal classic by many comic book collectors, is a coming-of-age story, and as such is currently illegal to own if you live in the U.S.
If it's illegal for the reason I think you're saying it is, it's actually legal in the US; drawings are protected under the first amendment. In Canada, on the other hand...
Nope. The PROTECT Act changed all that. You literally can't doodle some tits on a sketch pad in your own home without technically breaking the law. If federal prosecutors say "This looks underage to me," then it counts as child pornography, and you can be prosecuted, even if it's just a stick figure. So far, it's only been used to prosecute cases where the defendant was suspected of committing other, real-world sex crimes, but there's no reason to assume they won't target comic collectors in general, once the law has been upheld in court. Not sure, but I think the goal of this legislation was to crack down on sales of hentai in America, and stuff like 4chan, which are probably seen as a political embarrassment among the so-called moral majority.
A friend in Canada tells me they have provincial laws with similar restrictions, but they tend to target sales, not possession, and seem to be less heavy-handed about enforcement. Your millage may vary. When in doubt, ask a local lawyer.