Alberta Removes 166 Graphic Novels, Accidentally Recreates Plot of Several of Them

Under a new provincial directive to protect Alberta students from dangerous levels of illustrated thinking, school divisions across the province have carefully boxed up dozens of graphic novels and placed them somewhere safe, like storage rooms, where troubling ideas can’t accidentally escape.

Access-to-information requests show at least 166 titles were removed from school shelves, including graphic novel adaptations of A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984, two dystopian stories about governments controlling information, now thoughtfully preserved in cardboard until further notice.

The removals follow an order from Alberta’s education minister requiring schools to eliminate any material containing explicit depictions of sexual acts. Librarians across the province spent months combing through shelves, bravely identifying suspect drawings and escorting them off campus.

Officials say the move protects children from graphic imagery and confusing themes like censorship, authoritarianism, and reproductive control.

Students, meanwhile, can rest easy knowing the books are not banned.

They’re simply being kept somewhere warm, dark, and inaccessible, for their protection.

“Apparently disabled people are welcome,” said one organizer, “as long as they show up healthy, wealthy, and paying income tax first.”

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