I think we're missing the point. What I interpret from that ladies blog post is that her child sees how a character is drawn and portrayed in the book as being a hero or not a hero. Not that the comic is rated as mature or not. In this scenario the rating of the book is beside the point. The point is that in the first issue of this New 52 Red Hood book Starfire was portrayed as a brainless nympho who wore very small pieces of clothing and the child interpreted it that Starfire is no longer a hero. True, it is way too soon for this lady to judge a book being that it is only issue #1. But we should all think of the children. Won't somebody please think of the children?
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > DC's tweets make me wonder...What is the rating for that issue? How many > issues are rated for mature and how many are rated for all audiences? > > Does it make sense to publish a book rated for mature audiences when they > had a cartoon that had a significant viewership on Cartoon Network that was > aimed at kids? I know Batman-Brave & Bold is on cartoon Network also and i > have no idea what the new Batman book is rated either, but with Bats, you > can have a general audience comic AND you can have a mature audience comic > in my estimation. > > I think that the bottom line here is that if kids are going to read comics, > parents need to be aware of what they are reading and agree to a book based > on what they know or believe that their child can understand and enjoy. > Many kids love horror stories and if the parent approves, so be it. > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> First off, I added Shag's comment from the other thread below. >> >> Now then: Thanks for the responses, Michael and Shag. Like I said I >> don't know much about Starfire. Reading the article about the little >> girl's distaste with the new take on her was very insightful. But I >> think Shag makes a good point as well, that maybe this will be a >> character arc for Starfire. >> >> I did want to say that I thought Wonder Woman was an excellent book >> starring a female hero, but the horror elements of the book make it >> fairly inappropriate for a 7 year old girl. >> >> Check out these tweets from DC this morning: >> >> @DCComics: We've heard what's being said about Starfire today and we >> appreciate the dialogue on this topic. >> @DCComics: We encourage people to pay attention to the ratings when >> picking out any books to read themselves or for their children. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> >Shag said: >> I agree with Bailey that Starfire was a sexpot from the start, but >> toned down compared to this version. I also really liked the 7 year >> old girl's interpretation of the new Starfire. Great article. >> >> >> Now for a little devil's advocate... it's only been one issue. They >> had 20 pages to explore several different characters. It's possible >> they will develop Starfire further in the next couple issues. >> >> >> On Sep 27, 6:48 pm, Michael Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Well, Julia Newmar was fairly spectacular no matter what she dressed >> like. >> > She could wear a burlap sack and I'd be down with that. >> > >> > As for Starfire, the character was a sexpot from the beginning. She >> wasn't >> > a hyper cosplay sex addict but she had a huge rack and liked getting >> naked. >> > She was also a well developed character that had a sense of honor and >> was a >> > true warrior. So she might have been scanitly clad but she had a >> > personality too. The Teen Titans animated series wasn't terrible but >> after >> > seeing the first episode I felt like someone took my favorite mom and >> pop >> > pizza place and turned it into a Chuck E Cheese. >> > >> > Having said that I agree with the sentiment from that cartoon even if I >> > think it is misrepresenting Starfire just a tad. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Also, let me state that I do not like "amnesia sex addict" Starfire or >> > > "hyper cosplay sex addict" Catwoman. The Starfire I like is from the >> > > cartoon, and the Catwoman I like is played by Julie Newmar. >> > >> > > Julie Newmar was sexy as all get out as Catwoman and we didn't need >> > > tight closeups of her boobs and butt. >> > >> > > On Sep 27, 4:53 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > I was going to post the Shortpacked! comic that is embedded in the >> > > > article. >> > >> > > > Don't tear me down over this, but wasn't the animated Starfire about >> > > > 180 degrees away from how Starfire has pretty much always been >> > > > portrayed in the comics? Wasn't she always depicted as a sexpot >> > > > dating back to her debut? I have never read New Teen Titans but I >> > > > seem to remember hearing a hew and cry from the old school Titans >> fans >> > > > that animated Starfire was "wrong." So maybe I am way off base; if >> so >> > > > I would love to hear more about her. >> > >> > > > Don't get me wrong: I LIKE animated Starfire. I like all of the >> > > > animated Teen Titans -- the only incarnation of the team I have ever >> > > > liked. And I would love to see THAT Starfire in the mainstream DCU. >> > > > But is her being a sexpot really a "change" in the status quo for >> her? >> > >> > > > On Sep 27, 4:32 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> > >> > > > > Great read and I tear up for the kid... >> > > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> > >> > > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > > From: Edward Crosby <[email protected]> >> > >> > > > > Sender: [email protected] >> > > > > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:23:07 >> > > > > To: TUG group<[email protected]>; < >> > > [email protected]> >> > > > > Reply-To: [email protected] >> > > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] A 7-year-old girl responds to DC C >> > > > > omics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire - io9 >> > >> > > > > I thought I would include the ladies over at Girls Gone Geek in >> this >> > > email >> > > > > just in case they didn't see the post here on our listserv. >> > > > > Saw this earlier today on G+ as shared by Felicia Day. 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