Comments on: Comic Books are for Kids

By: Beldar

Beldar — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:54:43 +0000

Most of the “facts” listed in the “appropriately disgusted” recap are demonstrably false, as the author who wrote it, Mr. Harris, has since (to his credit) acknowledged.

Spreading hysterical misinformation about this case doesn’t help anyone. The sky isn’t falling.

http://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2003/08/im_very_close_t.html

By: Ross Angeles

Ross Angeles — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:52:19 +0000

You’ve got a point about Parental irresponsibility. It’s tiresome to hear these people scream about the dangers Our Children ™ may be facing, while basically ruining our entire civilization in the process.

I’d think they’d be more concerned about the world their children will inhabit once they grow up, rather than harping on what their children may or may not see while growing up.

By: JoeF

JoeF — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:38:54 +0000

Ross, I’m more worried about stupid parents scapegoating the various entertainment industries for their own inability to teach their kids right from wrong.

By: Ross Angeles

Ross Angeles — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:25:23 +0000

It defies logic. What I want to know is, why the hell didn’t the man’s lawyers call the publishers or authors in for the defense? Wouldn’t they have been able to make a case that the comics were intended only for adults? Wouldn’t these people have been able to make a strong case for the idea of comics as adult literature?

Of course, that doesn’t mean anything when you have people who are told that the comic was written for adults, and kept in the adult section, sold from one adult to another, and still accept a statement as ridiculous as “Comics have always been for kids, and that means this is for kids too”.

I’ve said it many times before, but if we don’t’ start paying attention, we’re going to miss out on what just might be the greatest threat our country has ever faced – the ascent of Right wing fundamentalist Christianity as a political force in this country. This is just one more in a series of assaults on democracy by those bible toting fascists.

Also, fuck Texas. It’s a really horrible place.

By: j

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:13:08 +0000

Jimmy Corrigan was probably one of the best books I’ve read in the last 10 years.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 01:10:48 +0000

there was a recent case also where a woman was sewing a public library because she found a copy of “ghost world” in the children’s book section. unfortunately, it was the fault of some idiotic librarian who thought that a comic (which they obviously never read) would of course go in the kids section. anyway…

this whole thing is bullshit. as a comic artist i’m really pissed off about it.

By: JoeF

JoeF — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:03:01 +0000

doh, borked the link. Try this

By: JoeF

JoeF — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:02:34 +0000

hell, most mainstream books have had stretches or miniseries where the writing was aimed at mature audiences. Check out almost anything Frank Miller did with Batman or The Punisher, for example. The Dark Knight Returns has more depth than pretty much any mainstream movie released this summer.

BTW, I myself just recently posted on this and a political cartoon that took a similar line with video games.