Christopher Handley's attorney speaks…

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

… over at TCJ. He answers a lot of questions about what happened, why Handley was wrong to think his comics were legal, the problems with current obscenity law, and why Handley chose to plead guilty. This is a must-read for anyone who has been following the case—it clears up a lot of misconceptions. So go, read.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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One Response to Christopher Handley's attorney speaks…

  1. Michelle Smith says:
    March 3, 2010 at 11:16 am

    That was really fascinating. Personally, I never blamed Handley one bit for taking a plea; not everyone has the desire to be a crusader.

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