tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post7202932103971599564..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Another example of the curious phenomenon of swear words in certain comic booksCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-35832233764084891092009-01-19T07:09:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:09:00.000-08:00We're going to end up buying everything online or ...<B>We're going to end up buying everything online or in a trade from Borders in ten years time, aren't we?</B><BR/><BR/>You're assuming Borders will be around in 10 years time. Probably not at the rate they're going. Oh, and Borders (and other large retail book chains) stocks the kids' material right alongside the "mature" material. Very surprised there hasn't been an uproar there. I have to really watch what my kids pick up in the graphic novel section. At least TokyoPop and Marvel have ratings so I can at least use that as a guideline.<BR/><BR/>There really is no rationale behind what is being pointed out here. In movies, they usually use such tricks to avoid an R rating, but here, where they're basically free to put whatever language they want in the book, it just doesn't make sense.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to blame it on the LOL phenomenon that shortens all words. So now FUCK is just EFF, as in WTF. Wait, that doesn't work. Maybe it's a typo and it should be FN, but the letterer didn't understand and wrote it out phonetically.<BR/><BR/>Putting the FN back in comics!KentLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955640155710628251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-23537881102980778002009-01-19T01:36:00.000-08:002009-01-19T01:36:00.000-08:00Grife dude, whats your frackin' problem with excla...Grife dude, whats your frackin' problem with exclaiming frell?LurkerWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-18513122432326426072009-01-18T21:06:00.000-08:002009-01-18T21:06:00.000-08:00I could understand Marvel or DC not wanting "fuck"...I could understand Marvel or DC not wanting "fuck" spelled out in one of their books(or at least not spelled out and sloppily covered up), but this is a fairly new, independent publisher, isn't it? Aren't they kind of <B>supposed</B> to be putting "fuck" in their books and pushing envelopes and things? From what I skimmed of your original review and saw in this post it looks like the book is not kid friendly. The only rationale I can figure for self-censoring like this is the fear that some shops won't carry it because they think they might have trouble with another "comics are for kids" lawsuit. While that's good publicity for the publisher, shops won't stock it if they think it will bring trouble. <BR/><BR/>We're going to end up buying everything online or in a trade from Borders in ten years time, aren't we?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808252083996086696noreply@blogger.com