ROME, GA -- Comic book retailer Gordon Lee is standing trial for two misdemeanor counts of distributing harmful material to minors and faces penalties of up to a year in prison and $1,000 in fines for each count, if convicted. His trial began yesterday. Lee's day in court comes after nearly three years of legal proceedings arising from the Halloween 2004 distribution of Alternative Comics #2, a Free Comic Book Day sampler which featured an excerpt from the critically acclaimed graphic novel The Salon that depicted Pablo Picasso in the nude, and was accidentally handed to a minor.
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