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Craig Bogart
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" As to thirty year olds and older who are into sexual content being immature?  You must not be much older than 30 to say that without a big old sarcastic smile on your face. "

I would say that the manner in which sex is used in comics is very adolescent & immature-- which makes the 30+ crowd that enjoys it pretty maladjusted.

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True.  I was just speaking to the general nature of Steve's post in that he said graphic violence and sexual content in and of itself is a sign of immaturity in a 30+ year old if they like it.  Can't agree with that.
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This is stunning news. I'm haunted by that adage, "be careful what you wish for."
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" As to thirty year olds and older who are into sexual content being immature? You must not be much older than 30 to say that without a big old sarcastic smile on your face. "

I would say that the manner in which sex is used in comics is very adolescent & immature-- which makes the 30+ crowd that enjoys it pretty maladjusted.

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Twenty or more years ago, Craig Russell commented that the stuff Marvel was putting out as "Mature" should have been labeled "Sophomoric".

Doesn't seem to me like much has changed.

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Twenty or more years ago, Craig Russell commented that the stuff Marvel was putting out as "Mature" should have been labeled "Sophomoric".

Doesn't seem to me like much has changed

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It hasn't.

Which is why there are zero Marvels on my pull list.

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I guess we can only wait and see what happens. 

At this point though, if Disney actually shut down Marvel's publishing arm, I don't think I'd miss it.  The company is just too far-removed from the comics that I used to love.  And I  think it could happen because  Disney might be far more interested in having the characters for movies, animations and theme rides than the fanboy-generated drivel we've been spoon fed the last few years.

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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 11:44am | IP Logged | 7  

I would say that the manner in which sex is used in comics is very adolescent & immature-- which makes the 30+ crowd that enjoys it pretty maladjusted.

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This is what I was pointing to Matt.  Let me clarify.  When I was a teenage boy, I would read a comic just because it featured some gore or violence or sexual titillation.  I would assume that you as a well-adjusted adult, like me, enjoy movies which sometimes contain graphic violence or sexual content, but hopefully you aren't going to see those movies just for the violence and the sex, which is what is immature.

And by the way, the rating system isn't really a determinant of who you're aiming your movies at.  I was watching Aliens and Terminator on video well before I hit 17, and Grand Theft Auto, despite being  rated M for Mature, has sold a whole lot of its millions of copies to teen and pre-teen boys.  Hence the big deal over the sex scene in San Andreas.  Kids have things marketed to them, rating aside, constantly.


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Posted: 01 September 2009 at 11:48am | IP Logged | 8  

I'm hoping for a Marvel Restoration.

The fanboys seem agitated on other boards about the deal - they sense it's coming too.

Interesting data point: the Financial Times editorial claims Disney overpaid.
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Paulo Pereira
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Dare we hope for a restoration?
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Adam Hutchinson
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I’m thinking nothing big’s gonna change with this deal (I could be 100% wrong, who knows). The one thing I can foresee happening pretty easily would be Marvel's offices moving to Florida or California, and that would make me kinda sad.

Marvel, in and out of the comics, is just so tied to NYC. I think something would be lost if/when they move the offices, to me anyway.
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My oh My...jokes runs so fast here...


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Eeyore has some cross-dressing/cross-species issues.
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