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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Belgian comic book withdrawn amid outrage over racist depictions

Visitors are photographed under a Dupuis comics poster at the Le Monde des Bulles section during the 50th Angouleme International Comics Festival in Angouleme, western France, on January 26, 2023
The publishing house Dupuis has apologised for what it called an ‘error of judgment’ that failed in its ‘moral duty’. Photograph: Yohan Bonnet/AFP/Getty Images

A comic book has been withdrawn from sale by its Belgian publisher after an outcry over racist depictions of black people and “hyper-sexualised” images of women.

The publisher Dupuis announced that its graphic novel, Spirou and the Blue Gorgon, would be removed from shops after the book caused a storm on social media.

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