Mercury Hat wrote:She does get drugged and put naked in a bed in a hotel room with a guy who was in on the whole thing and then blackmail pictures are taken of her. She's supposed to think she had sex with him, but it never happened.
It certainly wasn't the goal of the series like the article makes it seem to be, though .
Sorry, I'm just a big, big girly girl over Peach Girl.
Oooh! This is with Momo. I keep thinking of that scene with Sae instead where she was in the wrong room and encounters that pervert.
I used to read Peach Girl...then the drama just got really thick. It both intrigued me and drove me insane at the same time. Such is the power of Peach Girl.
Either way yeah. Peach Girl isn't about raping drugged girls.
What? Are people HONESTLY so naive as to believe that just because we import comics from other countries, sell them in book stores, and refer to them by fancy names like "manga" and "graphic novels" that this here country is drastically changed from its days of Seduction of the Innocent, public comic book burnings, and congressional hearings?
Come on people. Just because comics in the US have grown more sophisticated over the past fifty years doesn't mean the general public has grown in sophistication, tolerance, or wisdom. This is the same America (Florida, by the way) that forced a man to register as a sex offender for drawing comics a few years back. This is the same America that has had many raids on many comic shops in many states (including Florida, by the way) over "obscenity".
And it doesn't surprise me in the least that this is a big scoop to a Florida network station, by the way. Apparently, Floridians hate comics unless they have funny animals throwing pies at each other.
Moral to the story? First, learn history so that you aren't so surprised when it happens over and over again. Especially when it's history concerning the artform that you actively involve yourself in. Second, don't live in Florida if you like comics.
"Just because we're amateurs, doesn't mean our comics have to be amateurish." -McDuffies
The word "Blerk" kinda sounds like my internal response to practically everything that happens these days. Followed by a "Guh". I'm starting to grow concerned.
"Just because we're amateurs, doesn't mean our comics have to be amateurish." -McDuffies
Anybody ever read Robert Cormier? I had to read a few of his books in school. There's all kinds of crap in his work about masturbation, pedophelia, incest, etc., and very rarely does it actually contribute to the stories. These books were assigned to the class to read. In school. There was also a book we read called The Things They Carried by a veteran of the Vietnam War. Horribly graphic images. On the whole, I don't think I've ever been more disturbed by a comic book image than I have by some print book imagery. And these were books that public schools were making us read.
I find that most shoujo artists can't color worth jack. They all go for this wispy, vague, foggy look. It isn't until you flip the pages that you realize they can actually draw. Now, if only I could color worth jack...
bustertheclown wrote:What? Are people HONESTLY so naive as to believe that just because we import comics from other countries, sell them in book stores, and refer to them by fancy names like "manga" and "graphic novels" that this here country is drastically changed from its days of Seduction of the Innocent, public comic book burnings, and congressional hearings?
There's a big difference between looking at homo-erotic undertones in Batman and Robin, and graphically depicting inserting things into various orifices. Sorry, but it's a bit of a stretch to put the "really neat pictures" of the rape of kids as part of a demonic sacrifice on the same level as merely wondering about Supergirl's sexual abilities (SOTI is a fun read ).
As far as changing, consider that Brat Pack, Watchmen, and Return of the Dark Knight could not have been published in the mid-50's...
bustertheclown wrote:This is the same America (Florida, by the way) that forced a man to register as a sex offender for drawing comics a few years back.
Wait, what?
I'm not American, but this sounds scary. What was this all about?
bustertheclown wrote:
Moral to the story? First, learn history so that you aren't so surprised when it happens over and over again. Especially when it's history concerning the artform that you actively involve yourself in. Second, don't live in Florida if you like comics.
bustertheclown wrote:
Moral to the story? First, learn history so that you aren't so surprised when it happens over and over again. Especially when it's history concerning the artform that you actively involve yourself in. Second, don't live in Florida if you like comics.
Hey.....
He might be talking about all the hurricanes blowing all the comics away every summer.
local6.com wrote:One of the comics found by Problem Solver Nancy Alvarez featured parents who swap spouses.
"Problem Solver"? What's her job description exactly?
Berg wrote:
bustertheclown wrote:This is the same America (Florida, by the way) that forced a man to register as a sex offender for drawing comics a few years back.
Wait, what?
I'm not American, but this sounds scary. What was this all about?
CBLDF wrote:They agreed that his work "lacked serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value" because it did not compare to such works as "The Grapes of Wrath" or Picasso's "Guernica."
Didn't you read the bit up there about the guy getting arrested because of some stuff he drew? The same laws that got him apply to you too, if you live in Florida.
FinbarReilly wrote:There's a big difference between looking at homo-erotic undertones in Batman and Robin, and graphically depicting inserting things into various orifices. Sorry, but it's a bit of a stretch to put the "really neat pictures" of the rape of kids as part of a demonic sacrifice on the same level as merely wondering about Supergirl's sexual abilities (SOTI is a fun read ).
As far as changing, consider that Brat Pack, Watchmen, and Return of the Dark Knight could not have been published in the mid-50's...
You scare me...
FR
I scare you? I'm not sure I understand your response to my statements.
"Just because we're amateurs, doesn't mean our comics have to be amateurish." -McDuffies
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