Day: August 21, 2003

Here you go. Doubling as the “Whad’ja think?” and potentially (unless indicated otherwise) for publication in a future issue of “Captain Marvel.”

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Read for yourself. Here are the first five pages of FALLEN ANGEL #3. Yes, it’s “For Mature Readers”, which means that you probably shouldn’t be reading if you are upset by drawings of pretty females in schoolgirl uniforms, women with bindings on their feet, or possibly inappropriate touching of a young schoolgirl’s knee…

(What? Me using lurid and overwrought descriptions to tittilate and get more people to read Peter’s book than otherwise might? Perish the thought!)

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Catching up on my e-mail, I just got finished reading an e-mail from my editor informing me that, beginning with issue #3, “Fallen Angel” would carry a “Mature Readers” label, and I wrote back to her and asked if I can publicize this on my blog.

Then what do I find out? That it’s already been announced on Newsarama.com.

Personally I’ve never been a big fan of labels because, as the Jesus Castillo cased proved, they provide as much protection against persecution as a sieve against a rainstorm. But I do believe that retailers should be informed at the time of solicitation as to specific adult material so they can order accordingly. However, ultimately DC’s the publisher, and if their comfort level dictates it should carry a label, that’s their call to make.

Interestingly, it frees me up language wise. I can pretty much have the characters say anything I want now, something I was originally told I could do, but then told I couldn’t because the book *didn’t* carry a Mature Readers label. Nevertheless, I can’t help but feel that profanity is becoming overused in comics to the point where it’s lost its shock value. Profanity is like any other tool: It should be used at the right time to accomplish the right effect. If the story is filled with explicit language from the get-go, it loses whatever power it might have to indicate stress or anger. So although certain words may come creeping into the conversation–words like “swell” and “So’s your old man!”–they’ll be used judiciously.

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No, she didn’t knock 70 dingers out of the ballpark. No, she didn’t plow over 70 people while driving a tractor trailer. We were down in Pennsylvania, visiting my mother for her 70th birthday. My brother, Wally, and his family were there as well for the celebration.

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