![]() ![]() ![]() According to Comics Beat, the curriculum committee had previously voted to approve the teaching of Persepolis in classrooms upon review last year, but the move garnered concern from parents upon the curriculum's public review this year. Complaints regarding "scenes of violence and torture" and the use of "the F-word" was enough to pull the book from the curriculum (essentially banning it from the district) until a recommendation is made to the school board as to whether or not it's worth moving forward with teaching the book. Related: Hardware Returns To DC With New Creative Team, But The Same MessageĬase in point, the latest to challenge the philosophies introduced by Persepolis has been the Franklin Regional School District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ![]() To this day, the censorship of Persepolis and other books like it remains a topic of contention. However, in the way that the graphic novel has been challenged by critics on a political level, it has also always been the subject of censorship. ![]() Meanwhile, the graphic novel itself has earned itself a celebrated history among one of the greatest books of all time. ![]()
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