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Showing posts with label comics code. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comics code. Show all posts
Monday, January 24, 2011
Archie Follows Batman, Tells Comics Code Authority to Suck It
Well, not exactly. But, come February 2011, the CCA will be dead and gone, as Archie comics were the last ones using it. It had a good run of censoring and regulating.
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Beat Calls DC's New Rating System Video Game-Like
DC will no longer use the comics code authority to rate its books as kid-safe, dropping the code in favor of a "multi-layer ratings system."
The system assigns either an E, a T, a T+, or an M to titles to indicate if they are for everyone, teens, teens and whatever "+" means, and mature.
I'm intrigued by the streamlining. Making ratings more consistent across media was part of the reason for the change.
Multimodality, censorship, and ratings just got more interesting.
How long before we see a complaint from a parent or teacher that a trade paperback with comics rated "M" was found in the "T" equivalent of the school library's stacks?
The system assigns either an E, a T, a T+, or an M to titles to indicate if they are for everyone, teens, teens and whatever "+" means, and mature.
I'm intrigued by the streamlining. Making ratings more consistent across media was part of the reason for the change.
Multimodality, censorship, and ratings just got more interesting.
How long before we see a complaint from a parent or teacher that a trade paperback with comics rated "M" was found in the "T" equivalent of the school library's stacks?
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