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Metz traces his background from academic publishing and indexing to co-founding Catalan Communications in 1983 to publish adult European comics in the U.S. He details the 1985 U.S. Customs seizure of Squeak the Mouse at Kennedy Airport on obscenity grounds, the subsequent federal trial, and Catalan's victory under the Miller test — arguing that fighting the case was essential to protect all future imports. He notes that American prudishness keeps U.S. sales of titles like Manara's Click! at under 10% of their French equivalents.