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There's one man I've wanted to give a copy of Banned Book Club to since 2020. Moon Jae-In. But I couldn't because he was busy being president. It was the last panel of our book! Today, we got the chance. But that wasn't the best part.

It's usually busy, so you don't get much time, but there was this nice old man working as a greeter who it turned out had heard about Banned Book Club! He introduced us, hyped us up, and made Moon promise to let him borrow the copy we brought. We chatted, exchanged numbers, and became friends.

As we left, the old man said "I was in a banned book club, too." As Hyun Sook saved his number, the name sounded familiar. Turns out he was the lead defendant in the Burim Book Case. The one we mention in the book. The one the movie The Attorney is about. The one that changed Korea.

We weren't sure what to expect today. We don't idolize politicians. But we ended up just talking books with several historical figures who just really friggin love books. And their cats. And they asked us to come back and bring them the color edition so they can see it in English, too.