Neonomicon
Artist: Alan Moore
Year: 2012
Date of Action: June, 2012
Region: North America
Location: Greenville, SC
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Librarian
Description of Artwork: Two FBI agents on the case of a series of mysterious ritualistic murders find themselves in a small rural town with dark secrets.
The Incident: A Greenville ibrarian deemed sex scenes in Moore's graphic novel inappropriate, and banned the graphic novel from library shelves.
Results of Incident: Despite a massive outcry against the book ban, "Neonomicon" has yet to be returned to Greenville library shelves.
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