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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.

In the 80s, he was a lawyer fighting for the freedom of banned book club members. He later became president after the dictator's daughter was impeached. Now he's retired and runs an indie bookstore/library in the mountains with his cats. Anyone can drop by to talk books and pet the cats.

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.

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.

This thread is reaching people who have no idea what Banned Book Club is. Hi! My wife and I wrote a book about her experience being hunted for reading illegal books in 1980s Korea and it has been banned across the US. We gave a copy to President Moon. store.ironcircus.com/products/ban...

What a day brightener! Feels like a full circle has been made.