The decision by Editions Dupuis to withdraw the album “Spirou et la gorgone bleue” from sale is unprecedented. This is the first time that a comic book publisher has given in to pressure from social networks alone. A worrying precedent.
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Journalist at the Culture department
By Nicolas CroussePublished on 1/11/2024 at 8:40 p.m.
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CIt was on the social network X, Thursday, that Dupuis editions shared the news. Which came like a bolt from the blue, because it is unprecedented. Considering that the album Spirou and the Blue Gorgonsigned by Dany and Yann, featured caricatures deemed racist and sexist by Internet users, Dupuis made the decision to withdraw it from sale and pound stocks. Nothing less. No complaint had officially been filed with the courts, and this is unprecedented.
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