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BC Mag #4: Censor And Be Damned

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston Some people believe that censorship can only come from the government, laws, police and civil servants, oppressing those with a voice who have something to say. And that censorship can never come from …

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Dr Fredric Wertham Lied And Lied And Lied About Comics

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Illinois News Bureau reports, (with the most condescending and predictable headline you can imagine, even for Bleeding Cool) that Dr Fredric Wertham, author of Seduction Of The Innocent, the book that inspired government hearings about the content of comic …

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What Does The T Grade Mean For DC Comics?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Rich Johnston

A little while ago, DC Comics dropped what was left of the Comics Code to publish titles under their own internal code applied. Okay, so we’ve done Catwoman #1. Very much what DC calls a T+ title, I think. But …

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Image Announces Rating System Consistent With DC Comics Ratings

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Mark Seifert

Image Comics has just announced that they will use a content rating system beginning with comics shipping in July. The ratings will be consistent with those implemented by DC Comics in January: Image Comics Announces Rating System Berkeley, CA – …

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The Comics Code’s Last Executive Director — And Its Final Financial Records, Speak To The End Of An Era

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Mark Seifert

The recent statements by DC Comics and Archie that they are about to cease using the Comics Code Authority seal on their comics, and subsequent revelations that there are no publishers left actively using the Code, have in a very …

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The Week the Comics Code Ends, A Historic EC Cover Which Helped Cause It Finally Surfaces

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Mark Seifert

I think this is the definition of irony: one of the most famous moments of the 1954 Senate Hearings which helped prompt the comic book industry to create the Comics Code is an exchange between Democratic Senator Estes Kefauver and …

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Bongo Dropped Comics Code A Year Ago – And No One Noticed

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Rich Johnston

If a publisher drops the Comics Code and doesn’t send a press realease out, does it still make a sound? Yesterday, it was announced that DC Comics had pulled out of the Comics Code (something previous President and Publisher, Paul …

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Is This The End Of The Comics Code? DC Replaces Code With Own Ratings System

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Mark Seifert

As posted by Jim Lee on the Vertigo Blog, DC Comics will no longer be using the Comics Code Authority on any of its titles, and will instead be using its own ratings system. Marvel stopped using the Code a …

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