A Pair Of Notes Tangentially Relating Comics Issues To Matters Of Potential Concern Post-Orlando

* the right-lurching politician Newt Gingrich calls for a Islam-focused House Unamerican Activities Committee revival, which is Orwellian feat of political rhetoric if only that at one point anti-communist committees like that one were seemingly completely discredited in all eyes that didn't also have easy access to a John Birch Society card. The HUAC was a model for the kind of Washington-based parsing and purging impulse that also fueled comics censorship, although except for an investigation into Lev Gleason that may have led him to divest himself of operational duties with his publishing house, they never really had a comics-related mandate or outcome.

* Zak Sally's Facebook post here and a few others like it from different folks remind that the Center on Halsted, which hosted CAKE, saw a surge of security following the shooting in Florida. I would imagine -- without wanting to pressure anyone into a public statement on policy that's likely still being formulated -- that most shows and festivals are giving extra thought to security issues and doubly so for those with a significant and public LGBT element. I wish them intelligence, insight and clarity.
 
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