Comments on: This Week in Manga 11/7-11/14/09

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:09:03 +0000

Yes. There’s no need for a screening process. The pubs know what audience they want for a book before they publish it. It shouldn’t be that hard to say “For 13+”, or “Ages 9-12″. That’s all I want. Give me an idea and don’t make me sure all over the web for information they already have and just have to give out.

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:12:09 +0000

So you mean the publishers should age rate themselves than go through a screening committee?

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:32:53 +0000

No, the comic code is different than a rating system. The comic code was meant to keep comics “clean”. An age rating system just tells you want audience a book is for. Manga already does that, and no imposes anything on them. I don’t think it should be a problem for comics. Is it so much to ask for pubs to say when a book of a popular character like Spiderman that younger kids might want to read if it’s appropriate? It isn’t always clear by art or title. Trust me, I look at comics every week, and it’s really hard to tell sometimes, and I end up missing some because there wasn’t a way for me to tell.

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:37:13 +0000

Regarding the age ratings for comics, there used to be one for American comics. It was called the Comics Code Authority and comics had to go through the codes rulings to get a stamp of approval. But that has gone and died out when publishers stopped using it.