Tag: Kirsty Melville

"All Boys Aren't Blue," published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); overset: Andrews McMeel Universal Kansas City headquarters

As book banning spreads across US, one KC media company calls out specific threat to diverse creators

By Tommy Felts / February 10, 2022

The Kansas City publishing powerhouse behind many of the nation’s most-beloved newspaper comics — from Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side to Garfield and Peanuts — this week raised its voice amid a growing push to condemn book bans flaring up across the country. “Books are safe harbors, where the freedom of expression and…

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