Just like blood
I'm back on board with Invincible after being less than impressed with Conquest. (I still maintain that it wasn't very good, but the series is much better now). Also, my copy of Who's the Boss arrived today. Finally.
We've I've grumped here before about the gore in Invincible, and the sketchbook section for #10 deals with it, a little bit.
KIRKMAN: Oliver flies through a Mauler Twin. Y'know, some people claim to hate Oliver...I just don't get it. Also, the pencils for the splash page return of the dragon Omni-Man fights on TV in issue one of this series. See kids... nothing goes to waste in this series!! NOTHING!
OTTLEY: Yeah, people sat I draw violence too violently. We should get Aubrey Sitterson, our editor, in on this part of our little sketchbook conversation. So Aubrey used to work at Marvel as an Editor and I'm curious if they would say yes or no to something like this. I mean I don't recall seeing too much gore in comics from Marvel but I could be mistaken as maybe I just didn't buy any books with too much in it. Aubrey? Is there a line that one can't cross, or is this kind of thing allowed?
SITTERSON: In my experience at Marvel, most content issues were taken on a case-by=case basis depending on the rating, the characters involved, the context of the violence and about three dozen other variables. But, one of the general no-no's we had was showing exit wounds - so it was OK if someone got shot in the head just as long as you didn't see the bullet come out of the other side. Crazy, right? I don't even remember having to deal with using a pre-teen as a projectile, but I doubt it would fly (wakka wakka). If the stars were aligned though and we were able to get it printed, we'd have to renomve the actual organs as well as tone down the red of the blood. In my infinite editorial wisdom, I probably would have suggested that the Mauler twins be given blue blood, which would have gone a long way to making the scene more Marvel acceptable.
Kirkman: Zzzzzzzzzzz.
Of course, having read that, you may be wondering how the likes of Ultimatum fit in to Sitterson's view of the Marvel way. Maybe things have changed. Or, maybe, on a case by case basis, considering the characters and the context, Blob chowing down on the Wasp is OK.
The only other super violent thing in Marvel recently that I can think of would be Carol Danvers having her arm shattered. Maybe Annihilus having his spine removed too.
We've I've grumped here before about the gore in Invincible, and the sketchbook section for #10 deals with it, a little bit.
KIRKMAN: Oliver flies through a Mauler Twin. Y'know, some people claim to hate Oliver...I just don't get it. Also, the pencils for the splash page return of the dragon Omni-Man fights on TV in issue one of this series. See kids... nothing goes to waste in this series!! NOTHING!
OTTLEY: Yeah, people sat I draw violence too violently. We should get Aubrey Sitterson, our editor, in on this part of our little sketchbook conversation. So Aubrey used to work at Marvel as an Editor and I'm curious if they would say yes or no to something like this. I mean I don't recall seeing too much gore in comics from Marvel but I could be mistaken as maybe I just didn't buy any books with too much in it. Aubrey? Is there a line that one can't cross, or is this kind of thing allowed?
SITTERSON: In my experience at Marvel, most content issues were taken on a case-by=case basis depending on the rating, the characters involved, the context of the violence and about three dozen other variables. But, one of the general no-no's we had was showing exit wounds - so it was OK if someone got shot in the head just as long as you didn't see the bullet come out of the other side. Crazy, right? I don't even remember having to deal with using a pre-teen as a projectile, but I doubt it would fly (wakka wakka). If the stars were aligned though and we were able to get it printed, we'd have to renomve the actual organs as well as tone down the red of the blood. In my infinite editorial wisdom, I probably would have suggested that the Mauler twins be given blue blood, which would have gone a long way to making the scene more Marvel acceptable.
Kirkman: Zzzzzzzzzzz.
Of course, having read that, you may be wondering how the likes of Ultimatum fit in to Sitterson's view of the Marvel way. Maybe things have changed. Or, maybe, on a case by case basis, considering the characters and the context, Blob chowing down on the Wasp is OK.
The only other super violent thing in Marvel recently that I can think of would be Carol Danvers having her arm shattered. Maybe Annihilus having his spine removed too.