Not Comics: Jay Stephens Harassed at US Border; Kept From Emmy Awards

My definition of comics news doesn't extend to news just because it happens to cartoonists, and this is really an animation industry story, but a lot of you may be interested in cartoonist Jay Stephens' disturbing odyssey at the US border, and how it's restricted his ability to work on his award-winning cartoons.

As a coward hailing from a long line of cowards, I don't actually mind the idea of rigorous border crossing requirements, the same way that if there was an American airline that searched every piece of luggage and did background checks on people and patted them down before getting on the planes I would gleefully wait the 3.5 hours to board. But as has often been the case this decade, the application of any policy requiring forethought, investment, willpower and consistency has been so capricious and weird and poorly communicated and feckless that it's more national disgrace than national face.

Also: Steve Bissette is really pissed off about this.
 
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