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from Newsarama:
quote: All Ages: These titles won't carry any label and are considered appropriate for readers of all ages. Titles under this banner include all the Ultimate Marvel titles.
MarvelPG: Considered appropriate for most readers, though Marvel suggests parents may want to read them with their children. Titles in this category will include Fantastic Four, Thor, New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, and Amazing Spider-Man.
MarvelPG +: Similar to MarvelPG, these titles are recommended for teen and adult readers and may contain "a little more violence or strong language."
In a follow-up with Joe Quesada, the editor-in-chief explained to Newsarama the "+" will actually specifically describe the nature of the content, meaning a title may carry the advisory, "MarvelPG: Violent Content" or "MarvelPG: Adult Language."
Titles in this category include Punisher, Elektra, Marvel Knights: Double-Shot, and Starling Stories: Banner.
Parental Advisory: Explicit Content: Created for the MAX line, these titles will reportedly contain what readers could experience in an R rated movie - including some "harsh language, intense violence, and perhaps, even some nudity."
The story reiterated that in addition the MAX titles will be designed to look very different from the mainline Marvel books
Any thoughts? I'm with the Warren Ellis camp, neglecting to label the all ages product as such does perpetuate the idea that mainstream comics must be childish..
I hope they don't just stick with this, and that they continue to tinker with and modify this idea to get it right.
Nevertheless, I'm not sure if I'm for this...I think kids SHOULD have access to the mature material, because I'm of a mind to say that a kid reading more intelligent comics is not going to cause that kid much harm. When I started reading comics as a kid, I started reading the early Vertigo comics, before they were called Vertigo, because I found them, I was curious, and I ended up falling in love with them. Being a 12-13-14 year old kid heavily into Grant's Doom Patrol and Milligan's Shade and Gaiman's Sandman had a huge effect on me, it triggered a lot of interests and thoughts, and introduced me to a lot of complex ideas that I certainly wouldn't have found in Captain America or something like that.
I'm afraid that rating systems would segregate the racks even more than they already are, and potentially keep the good stuff out of kids hands in some shops.
[ 05-07-2001: Message edited by: Clontle ] |
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