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Resident urges Garfield County library trustees to review graphic novel 'The Boys'
Summary
Resident Christy Gill told the Board of County Commissioners the graphic-novel series The Boys contains sexually explicit material she believes is inappropriate for public libraries and may violate Colorado law; commissioners encouraged her to raise the issue with the library board and said they will consider appointments and oversight changes.
Christy Gill, a Garfield County resident, used the meeting's public-comment period to press county leaders and library trustees to reconsider carrying the graphic-novel series The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson in public libraries. Gill said she researched Colorado law and believes the books could be “explicit material that is harmful to anyone under the age of 18.”
The complaint drew immediate attention from commissioners. One commissioner thanked Gill…
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