Tag Archives: censorship

Fox’s Official Response To Complaints About Their Cutting A Good Day To Die Hard

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Will Fox’s decision impact on the film’s box office? That would really be the only way to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

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New Evil Dead Earns NC-17, Gets Sent Back To Be Cut Up So Kids Can Go See It

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

The MPAA and US cinema chains have got adult moviegoers in a headlock.

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Neonomicon Banned In South Carolina

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Back in June, a South Carolina library pulled their copy of Neonomicon from the adultbookshelves, after a 14 year old girl withdrew it using her mother’s library card, and her mother complained. Yup. Learning of the library’s decision to remove …

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Have Marvel Retconned The Avengers On DVD Or Just Censored It?

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

And if they have censored it, why it wasn’t even necessary.

Posted in Film, Recent Updates, Top Stories | Tagged avengers, avengers assemble, blu-ray, censored, censorship, disney, dvd, film, joss whedon, marvel, retcon | Leave a comment

Aardman Animations Change Scene in The Pirates Following Complaints From Leper Societies

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Hannah Shaw-Williams

A few days ago we reported that Lepra, the World Health Organisation and The Society For Leprosy Affected People cried out in protest against a scene in the trailer for Aardman’s next offering, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. The …

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Stuck In The Middle Returns To Maine School Libraries

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine, reports that last night the ten strong board of the Regional School Unit votes that Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age by Ariel Schrag should remain in middle school libraries in …

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How Marvel, DC And You Can Save The Comic Industry by Phil Hampton

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Phil Hampton of Comics Academy writes for Bleeding Cool; This is with a message of hope for the future. Or rather it’s a call for a change of focus to give this great industry a long and prosperous future. And …

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Three Acts Of Comic Book Censorship

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Rich Johnston

How does it feel to be a cartoonist or a caricaturist when the state can ban even the concept? Welcome to an the new Press Freedom Caricature Exhibition in Turkey, opened with the panel, “Press Freedom in the Light of …

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Pope Visit Sees Comic Magazine Kidnapped By Printers

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Rich Johnston

The Pope is visiting Santiago de Compostela in Spainin November. Something that the Spanish people and media are currently obsessing about. As anyone does really. Enough for humour magazine Retranca to run a cartoon with the Pope surrounded by the …

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