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From: eric@milo.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Ketchup Comments #1
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Date: Sat, 29-Sep-84 09:21:45 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 29 09:21:45 1984
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	What I was trying to get across about "Jemm", and apparently failed,
was not how the content is presented, but rather how the series was
advertised. I had, in fact, noticed that there was no seal on the series.
I have no problem with comics that are geared towards an older audience,
in fact I generally prefer them. But two things stand out about "Jemm".
First, the initial advertising read like "the adventures of a boy and
his alien". Sounded suspiciously like a popular movie, and I was planning
on dropping it as soon as the kid feed the alien some Reeses Pieces (TM).
Second, there is no indication on the comic that it is for more adult
audiences. Most of the popular "older" comics are available only through
direct distribution. The few exceptions, such as "Swamp Thing", have some
kind of disclaimer on the cover ("sophisticated horror"). Now, I doubt
that anyone is going to grow up terribly warped from reading about
male subjugation at an early age (or at least, no worse off than reading
the "Gor" novels), but with the increasing trend by DC and Marvel, I wonder
where we will be five years down the road?

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					eric
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