Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
I ran across this great 1974 article reprinted from Inside Comics titled The Comics Code: 20 Years Of Self-Strangulation? It was the comments from Leonard Darvin, who worked for the Comics Code, that struck me. I’ve added his comments in italics,…
Before I begin, I know that this should go without saying (given that this is a comic book website), but I’m going to make it explicit: this discussion concerns comic art and censorship. On their way to TCAF, Tom Neely…
Here is the page from SHIELD #5 that somewhat infamously, Stan had Romita redraw the panel that is the closeup of the phone to replace the mouthpiece back on the hook. Deemed too racy to indicate Fury and Val were…
The Bestselling Graphic Novels for June 2010 (Bookstore Channel) Nielsen BookScan has released its rankings for the bestselling adult graphic novels in the bookstore channel for June 2010. Using sales data provided by major book chains, online retailers, mass merchants,…
On Saturday afternoon, I sat in on a panel on censorship of manga. Generally speaking, I feel that censorship ultimately does more harm than good. I think that being told what is “safe” for me to read is incredibly paternalistic and…
As I was scouring Twitter, I heard a lot about the Chris Handley case. Handley, a 40-year-old US manga collector, was sentenced to six months in prison for importing and possessing manga that was classified by the Protect Act as…