Comments on: ALL-STAR BATMAN #10 recall http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Britt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2369121 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:05:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2369121 I actually got to read one of the Sep. 10th issues, somebody had posted it online and I found it while looking for a Robin comic. XD Ugh I can't believe we waited 6 months longer than we should have (as it was supposed to have come out in March/April) granted it was profane but honestly, do people expect something different? If DC is so fussy about children getting their hands on profane language via their comics, you'd think they'd have the brains to put a warning rather than push it back for months just to have a butchered version get released on accident and ask for them to all be destroyed. I think the whole incident has just made them look stupid for not picking up a copy themselves to see what the final product had looked like. I like the series, as well as Frank Miller and Jim Lee so muh. I actually got to read one of the Sep. 10th issues, somebody had posted it online and I found it while looking for a Robin comic. XD Ugh I can’t believe we waited 6 months longer than we should have (as it was supposed to have come out in March/April) granted it was profane but honestly, do people expect something different? If DC is so fussy about children getting their hands on profane language via their comics, you’d think they’d have the brains to put a warning rather than push it back for months just to have a butchered version get released on accident and ask for them to all be destroyed. I think the whole incident has just made them look stupid for not picking up a copy themselves to see what the final product had looked like. I like the series, as well as Frank Miller and Jim Lee so muh.

]]> by: Thoughts on the All-Star Batman and Robin #10 recall : Collected Comics Library http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2328328 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:15:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2328328 [...] In case you haven’t heard by now, All-Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #10 has been recalled due to strong language that seemed to slip by the editors, interns, secretaries and janitors at DC Comics and actually make it to print last Wednesday. DC quickly put out a demand to all retailers to destroy all copies. Many retailers did not catch the mistake in time and sold the book. Over 300 have found there way on to eBay and some are going for as much as $100. Also, many retailers have not complied with the demand and you have to wonder if owners of the stores have been selling copies on eBay or other avenues under different names to make a quick buck. [...] […] In case you haven’t heard by now, All-Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #10 has been recalled due to strong language that seemed to slip by the editors, interns, secretaries and janitors at DC Comics and actually make it to print last Wednesday. DC quickly put out a demand to all retailers to destroy all copies. Many retailers did not catch the mistake in time and sold the book. Over 300 have found there way on to eBay and some are going for as much as $100. Also, many retailers have not complied with the demand and you have to wonder if owners of the stores have been selling copies on eBay or other avenues under different names to make a quick buck. […]

]]> by: Tommy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2309801 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:12:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2309801 Frank Miller is a @#$%! Batman Fan? Visit The Bat-Blog http://www.bat-blog.com Thanks, Tommy Frank Miller is a @#$%!

Batman Fan? Visit The Bat-Blog

http://www.bat-blog.com

Thanks, Tommy

]]> by: Somebody http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307657 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:45:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307657 ------------- Ed Brubaker: > This once happened to a Batman comic I did because there was a coloring error on Robin’s costume throughout the issue. It’s not a controversy, DC just doesn’t let stuff like that slide with their trademarked characters. ------------- Weren't you writing a Batbook during the period that DC dropped Detective Comics down to two-colour, leading to stuff like a purple & green Batman? ————-
Ed Brubaker:
> This once happened to a Batman comic I did because there was a coloring error on Robin’s costume throughout the issue. It’s not a controversy, DC just doesn’t let stuff like that slide with their trademarked characters.
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Weren’t you writing a Batbook during the period that DC dropped Detective Comics down to two-colour, leading to stuff like a purple & green Batman?

]]> by: rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307348 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:09:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307348 "How STUPID is DC? Haven’t they been publishing comics for DECADES?" The company has existed for decades. The people in companies change. This, too, shall pass. “How STUPID is DC? Haven’t they been publishing comics for DECADES?”

The company has existed for decades. The people in companies change. This, too, shall pass.

]]> by: rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307346 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:09:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307346 "How STUPID is DC? Haven’t they been publishing comics for DECADES?" The company has existed for decades. The people in companies changes. This, too, shall pass. “How STUPID is DC? Haven’t they been publishing comics for DECADES?”

The company has existed for decades. The people in companies changes. This, too, shall pass.

]]> by: STWALLSKULL » INTERESTING LINKS: Google to Digitize Newspapers!!! : September 10th, 2008 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307274 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:46:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2307274 [...] ALL-STAR BATMAN #10 recall from THE BEAT [...] […] ALL-STAR BATMAN #10 recall from THE BEAT […]

]]> by: RichYan33 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2306892 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:23:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2306892 Keep in mind these are photos. To the naked eye it's probaly clear as a bell. How STUPID is DC? Haven't they been publishing comics for DECADES? Haven't they seen one ink bleed through anotherone before? I have. Never mind the fact even with the dialog retracted it's still plenty offensive. Someone please xplain the attraction of Frank "I haven't done anything good in decades" Miller????????? http://www.funnybookbabylon.com/2008/09/09/tough-love-tuesday-breaking-news-insufficient-censorship/#more-1230 Keep in mind these are photos. To the naked eye it’s probaly clear as a bell.

How STUPID is DC? Haven’t they been publishing comics for DECADES? Haven’t they seen one ink bleed through anotherone before? I have.

Never mind the fact even with the dialog retracted it’s still plenty offensive.

Someone please xplain the attraction of Frank “I haven’t done anything good in decades” Miller?????????

http://www.funnybookbabylon.com/2008/09/09/tough-love-tuesday-breaking-news-insufficient-censorship/#more-1230

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2306823 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:54:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2306823 With the naughty words, DC should have flagged this issue for review after it came off the presses. Also, is there a small printer which can replicate four color printing, so that errors can be found before plates or negatives are made? With the naughty words, DC should have flagged this issue for review after it came off the presses.
Also, is there a small printer which can replicate four color printing, so that errors can be found before plates or negatives are made?

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Sept. 10, 2008: The Accidental Batgirl http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2306564 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2306564 [...] As you might have heard, DC Comics has requested that retailers pulp their copies of Frank Miller, Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #10. Chris Eckert has reproduced panels from an advance copy of the issue in question, which demonstrate the problem: Black “censor bars” over the numerous swear words didn’t print dark enough, allowing said words to leak through. [...] […] As you might have heard, DC Comics has requested that retailers pulp their copies of Frank Miller, Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #10. Chris Eckert has reproduced panels from an advance copy of the issue in question, which demonstrate the problem: Black “censor bars” over the numerous swear words didn’t print dark enough, allowing said words to leak through. […]

]]> by: Episode 58 - We Love Mill(e)ars http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2305300 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:33:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2305300 [...] AS: Batman and Robin is being pulped. Want to know why? Rich Johnston shows us why. [...] […] AS: Batman and Robin is being pulped. Want to know why? Rich Johnston shows us why. […]

]]> by: Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » I’m the (expletive deleted, almost) Batman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2304818 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:18:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2304818 [...] Over at The Beat, Heidi notes that Diamond asked comic shops this week to destroy copies of All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #10: Dear Diamond Customer: [...] […] Over at The Beat, Heidi notes that Diamond asked comic shops this week to destroy copies of All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #10: Dear Diamond Customer: […]

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2303811 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:06:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2303811 If that C U Next Tuesday word is all over the issue - then maybe I should pick up extra copies for my ex-gal pal next door neighbor and pin it on her door. ~ Coat If that C U Next Tuesday word is all over the issue - then maybe I should pick up extra copies for my ex-gal pal next door neighbor and pin it on her door.

~

Coat

]]> by: Hugo Strange http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2303538 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:30:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2303538 "By the spirits of my XXXXX parents, I will avenge their XXXXXXXXX deaths by spending the rest of my life XXXXing all criminals... Criminals are a cowardly, superstitious XXXXXXXXXX, so my XXXXX XXXXXX disguise must be able to strike terror into their XXXXXXX hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, XXXXXXXXXXX, terrible... A... A... A XXXXXing bat!" “By the spirits of my XXXXX parents, I will avenge their XXXXXXXXX deaths by spending the rest of my life XXXXing all criminals… Criminals are a cowardly, superstitious XXXXXXXXXX, so my XXXXX XXXXXX disguise must be able to strike terror into their XXXXXXX hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, XXXXXXXXXXX, terrible… A… A… A XXXXXing bat!”

]]> by: Venture http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2303326 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:55:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2303326 Only Johnny DC books are ever for kids. The last kid I saw in a comic book store was me in 1993 and I was buying a Spawn comic. Food for thought. Censorship sucks. Only Johnny DC books are ever for kids. The last kid I saw in a comic book store was me in 1993 and I was buying a Spawn comic. Food for thought.

Censorship sucks.

]]> by: Baal http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302231 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:17:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302231 And I have to wonder why they would even print the profanity at all. Why not the traditional symbols or even just put a black box over an empty space? The method they chose was just asking for trouble. Oh, and it is nice that Miller has gone so gonzo that he would have the GDBatman use THAT word... And I have to wonder why they would even print the profanity at all. Why not the traditional symbols or even just put a black box over an empty space? The method they chose was just asking for trouble.

Oh, and it is nice that Miller has gone so gonzo that he would have the GDBatman use THAT word…

]]> by: Chris Eckert http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302181 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:02:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302181 All of the curse words are censored, it's just that the censor bars are insufficiently opaque. And if it's any consolation Baal, the person who uses "the c-word" is a Bad Guy. All of the curse words are censored, it’s just that the censor bars are insufficiently opaque.

And if it’s any consolation Baal, the person who uses “the c-word” is a Bad Guy.

]]> by: Funnybook Babylon · Archives · Tough Love Tuesday Breaking News: Insufficient Censorship http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302139 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302139 [...] Tough Love Tuesday Breaking News: Insufficient Censorship Posted by Chris Eckert 5 minutes ago We interupt our regularly scheduled nitpicking about proper grammar and usage to bring you &#60;a href=&#8221;this&#8217;&#8221; DESIGNTIMESP=28244&#62;http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/&#8221;&#62;this breaking story&#60;/a&#62;: [...] […] Tough Love Tuesday Breaking News: Insufficient Censorship Posted by Chris Eckert 5 minutes ago We interupt our regularly scheduled nitpicking about proper grammar and usage to bring you <a href=”this’” DESIGNTIMESP=28244>http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/”>this breaking story</a>: […]

]]> by: anonymous http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302130 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:50:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302130 It's not just the c-word that didn't get completely blacked out. Shithead, ass, and fuck are also legible. It’s not just the c-word that didn’t get completely blacked out. Shithead, ass, and fuck are also legible.

]]> by: Baal http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302068 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:24:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2302068 If it's a supposed hero using that word then Miller shouldn't be allowed near anyone else's property ever again. If it’s a supposed hero using that word then Miller shouldn’t be allowed near anyone else’s property ever again.

]]> by: Jeremy Holstein http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2301486 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:10:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2301486 Maybe it's the return of the Marvel Douche! Maybe it’s the return of the Marvel Douche!

]]> by: Patrick Dean http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300894 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:41:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300894 I'd heard it's because Batman has his balls hanging out of his shorts for five consecutive pages just to make Superman uneasy. I’d heard it’s because Batman has his balls hanging out of his shorts for five consecutive pages just to make Superman uneasy.

]]> by: Richard Pachter http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300815 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:18:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300815 Maybe it's CLINT. Going to see a FLICK. Or maybe not. Maybe it’s CLINT.

Going to see a FLICK.

Or maybe not.

]]> by: Brian Winkeler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300761 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:03:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300761 Something like this demands a screen shot. Something like this demands a screen shot.

]]> by: Richard Pachter http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300550 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:58:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300550 Paul Levitz must be spinning in his grave. Paul Levitz must be spinning in his grave.

]]> by: Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300516 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:49:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300516 Frank Miller has apparantly forgotten that Batman does not live in Sin City. Frank Miller has apparantly forgotten that Batman does not live in Sin City.

]]> by: Al http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300232 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:42:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2300232 Why are they even using language like that in a comic? Don't they realize that comics are for kids????? Why are they even using language like that in a comic? Don’t they realize that comics are for kids?????

]]> by: chris g http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2297572 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:05:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2297572 UGh, what a tease. now I HAVE to own it! UGh, what a tease. now I HAVE to own it!

]]> by: Anonymous source http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2297393 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:17:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2297393 (sorry for the double post) Development: It is the perfectly legible word "CUNT" with a (clearly not opaque enough) black box over it. (sorry for the double post)

Development:

It is the perfectly legible word “CUNT” with a (clearly not opaque enough) black box over it.

]]> by: Anonymous source http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2297392 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:16:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/08/things-may-be-getting-more-interesting/#comment-2297392 Development: It is the perfectly legible word "CUNT" with a (clearly not opaque enough black box over it). Development:

It is the perfectly legible word “CUNT” with a (clearly not opaque enough black box over it).

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