MONTREAL - The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently seized a shipment of erotic comic books bound for gay adult store Priape, deeming the material obscene.

The article states, "All of the seized books are French translations published by H&O Comics in France. They include the titles Dads & Boys volumes one and two and Justin volumes one and two by English artist Josman, and Arena and Gunji by Japanese artist Gengoroh Tagame."
According to Xtra.ca the comics depicted acts of father-son incest, sex with pain, sexual mutilation, defecation and vomiting. Though as the publisher, Olivier Tourtois at H&O publishing points out, "… they are not harmful and no actors are harmed or exploited in their production." Under Canadian law, anyone caught selling materials deemed to be obscene risks a two-year prison term.

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The Xtra.ca article also points out that much of the banned material, specifically the Justin books are available on-line in English at the artist's website. "Does that mean that only certain people who are Internet savvy can access pornography?" asked Jim Deva, co-owner of Vancouver's Little Sister's Bookstore. "That it's available on-line raises the question of how are we protecting Canadians from it."