The American Library Association is marking Banned Books Week, and they have the 2010 Top Ten Banned Graphic Novels list.

You can read the list on Hypergeek, and read the article on The Huffington Post.

Among the reasons BONE has been banned:  Sexually Explicit content and drugs.

Huh?!

Lots of pics from the National Book Festival last weekend. The top one is of the Library of Congress where the opening reception was held. The sixth pic is Jules Feiffer and me.It was a big show, free to the public, and I heard a record-breaking 150,000 people came out to the National Mall to hear authors speak and get books signed.

Which is amazing enough, but considering it was close to 100 degrees with almost no shade, it blows my mind. All the author talks were full houses, and I had something like 900+ people lined up to get an autograph. I couldn’t draw doodles in the books like I normally do, because we wanted to get to everybody in line – - before they had heatstroke!

It was really great, and I’ll continue to post photos for the next few days.

Here’s a link about the cartoonists who were at the event in the Washington City Paper.

Here are some photos of other authors over at the Huffington Post.

Mike Rhode from washingtoncitypaper.com, posted an interview that was conducted during the National Book Festival last weekend in Washington DC.

You can read the full article here.

If you are in the DC area this Saturday, September 25th come on out to the National Book Festival.

Jeff’s Presentation will be held in the Teens and Children Pavilion from 2:55pm to 3:25pm, followed by a brief Q&A.

The National Book Festival  runs from 10:00am – 5:30pm on The National Mall near 3rd Street and Jefferson Drive in Washington, D.C.

Ever wanted to know what the three things are that colorist and pal Steve Hamaker can’t live without? Check out this piece in the local arts mag Columbus Alive in a segment called City Q&A.