Thursday, January 20, 2011

DC Comics Drops The Comics Code!

SOURCE: DC Drops The Comics Code

The new standard is the same as the one DC used for their DCX Manga Line.

E = Everyone
T = Teens (12+)
T+ = Older Teens (16+)
M = Mature (18+)

All Vertigo Comics will continue to be labeled "For Mature Readers".

7 comments:

  1. Alright! I shall eagerly look forward to 'CRIME AND PIN-UP GIRL STORIES.'
    Because really, if you're gonna drop the comics code, you might as well get right to the good stuff, right?

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  2. Now we'll have to see how well they do at FOLLOWING that code. Marvel's had some pretty risque stuff that was rated for not age appropriate.

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  3. Shame Warlord got canceled. I'd love to see what Mike Grell could do with a non-CCA fantasy title.

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  4. Too true.
    Thankfully, DC's code...
    1) is much more straight forward than Marvel's (E for Everyone vs. A for 9 and Up)
    2) is similar with the standards used by most Manga Publishers. (i.e. Marvel uses T+ to mark books for 13 year olds. Everyone else uses T+ for 16 and up)
    3) lacks an equivalent Marvel's A (9+) rating, which is where most of Marvel's ratings problems were.
    The drunken Spider-Man one-night-stand and subsequent "Ha-ha! Rape is funny!" storyline? A-rated book.
    The New Avengers title where Doctor Doom calls Ms. Marvel a fat whore? A-rated.
    I've heard that they depicted a scene where Tony Stark was waking up in bed naked to some strange woman in one of the All Ages titles, but i haven't seen scans of that one to confirm it.

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  5. This is basically the same code DC used for the CMX manga imprint, just imported over to the rest of the DC books.

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  6. This might be interesting. I'll wait to see how it goes before either jumping for joy or wailing and gnashing my teeth.

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  7. *clears throat* Uh, dude? *points up* I totally said that already. :)

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