Adult-Themed Comics At Library Shock Parents
POSTED: Thursday, December 8, 2005
UPDATED: 6:38 pm EST December 15,
2005
  |
Parents of a girl in Orange County, Fla., were shocked to discover that a comic book featuring adult-themed topics, like swinging and drugged and raped girls, was checked out by the 11-year-old at a library, according to a Local 6 News report.The controversial Japanese comic book is part of a series that can be found in the young adult collection at the Orange County Library's Southeast Branch.
IMAGES: More strange stories, images on Local6.com
MOST POPULAR: Blindfolded Santa Hanging From Noose Upsets Neighborhood
Local 6 News reported that the comic titled "Peach Girl" is about a young girl drugged by her friends and then set up to be raped.
"As I was going through it, I said, 'Oh my God, do parents know what their kids are reading?'" mother Raynelle White said. One of the comics found by Problem Solver Nancy Alvarez featured parents who swap spouses. "That's swinging and this is a girl no older than my daughter," parent Travis White said. "Sex, drugs and violence are the themes in this series published by TokyoPop," Alvarez said. White believes no one looked past the cover of the comic and it is time that things changed at the library. "I don't want to see it; I don't want her seeing it," Travis White said. "The whole time, I'm like, 'I can't believe we're seeing these things.'" A spokeswoman for Orange County Libraries would not speak on camera but admitted there is not a screening process in place for books bound for the children's or young adult sections, Alvarez said. The same comics are also available at the main branch in downtown Orlando. A spokeswoman said it would be impossible to review all of the books the library receives at its locations. However, if it receives complaints, it will do its own review. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: More strange stories, images on Local6.com MOST POPULAR: Blindfolded Santa Hanging From Noose Upsets Neighborhood Local 6 News reported that the comic titled "Peach Girl" is about a young girl drugged by her friends and then set up to be raped.
|
Copyright 2005 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Jason Rodriguez is formally charged with first-degree murder and ordered to be held on no bond on charges he shot five people, killing one in a downtown office building on Friday.
| Arrest | Suspect
Images and hundreds of pages of documents related to the Casey Anthony case are released by the state attorney's office.
Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph, as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
A final police report into the murder-suicide that left a Heathrow family of four dead details the couple's former swinging lifestyle and a gambling habit.
Local 6 wants to keep you up to date on growing crime trends in our community and make you aware of ways you may be able to prevent being victimized.
Police release the name of the victim killed in a shooting at an Orlando high-rise and file first-degree murder charges against the suspected shooter. 
A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse has been sentenced to three years in prison for abusing the animal.
Eric Flack goes inside a controversial swingers club in suburban Cincinnati.
Local 6 News, led by investigative reporter Mike Holfeld, will host an interactive experience on Monday at 6:30 p.m. with viewers, including a phone bank and online chat with homeowners association experts.
Witnesses at the Gateway Center in downtown Orlando describe what happened Friday afternoon when a gunman shot six people, killing one.
Hundreds of photos in the Casey Anthony case are released.
New images in the case against Casey Anthony are released; including never before seen images of Anthony in the Orange county Jail.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
