Comments on: 5 Memorable Moments in Comic Book Censorship

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:40:00 +0000

Meant to say “cool kids” in the post above… None of them were cooks. :)

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:37:11 +0000

When I was growing up in the ’70s, comic books weren’t cool (probably as a result of the Comics Code). Instead, all the cook kids read MAD magazine. Although I don’t recall anyone officially censoring MAD, plenty of people were critical of it, saying it would “rot your mind” (whatever that was supposed to mean). Looking back, the humor in MAD was snarky but otherwise pretty mild, but that “rotting your mind” business helped give it a subversive reputation.

By: Richard Rejmer

Richard Rejmer — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:19:43 +0000

“I guess I’m old fashioned, but my favorite quote from the American Revolution still holds true in my mind “I may not agree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it””

You may be old fashioned or not, but you are certainly uneducated.
The quote had nothing to do with the American Revolution. It was written by Englishwoman Evelyn Beatrice Hall in her biography of Voltaire.

Why does the whole world revolve around America and what its ignorant inhabitants think?

By: MetFanMac

MetFanMac — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:55:50 +0000

@Jeff: While it is ridiculous, it is on a certain level also somewhat understandable–the issue looks like something out of Hieronymus Bosch.

By: GVG

GVG — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:32:34 +0000

@Song – same in my hometown. Very sad.

A few years back, Kevin Smith was prohibited from using the word “fart” in a comic he was publishing, I think for DC. It wasn’t even in the usual context; a character was going to refer to anotehr as “that old fart,” or the like. This was just after there had been a rather explicit issue published of Superman being intimate with Wonder Woman. Smith’s words have remained in my head ever since: “Apparently a Krypton can knock red boots with an Amazonian, but at no time can either fart.”

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:16:58 +0000

Too many comic book stories!

By: Song

Song — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:23:20 +0000

When I was in high school, they banned For Better or Worse from our local paper because there was a gay character in it. Sad.

By: Tim Lim

Tim Lim — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:53:54 +0000

@TOM- hILARIOUS HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By: Tim Lim

Tim Lim — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:49:44 +0000

Phosisticational on comics and such. Good job guys on everything.

By: lsmith

lsmith — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:47:01 +0000

luckily the comics code is long gone.