How would the state of comics be like if the comics code was never dropped?
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Not that different because by the time it finally was dropped it was so lax it may as well have not existed, and most comics coming out today other than ones specifically marked for mature readers would pass all the code's standards.
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>>95298539
Not how I always heard it. It outright killed a fair number of titles upon its inception.
>>95298278
I'd be willing to bet better. And there'd be no Mad Magazine.
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>>95298278
Like >>95298539 said, the Code went through adjustments as time went on; even when Marvel still gave a shit about it, you could get away with Conan the Barbarian and Werewolf by Night and even Ghost Rider's earliest appearances, I *think*...
But if you mean going by the *very original* and outright censoring standards of the Code in its original form, shit would be so much different today to the point where comcis probably wouldn't be a thing.
We'd never have Frank Miller's works, and the entire TMNT franchise in any and all forms. Usagi Yojimbo wouldn't exist in it's original and continued form. Bone, freaking masterpiece *Bone* wouldn't be allowed since Monsters weren't really kosher in the original Code's rules and you can sorta/kinda read the Hooded One as a witch, also not allowed.
I imagine that the Super Hero genre would have just flat out ceased at some point or become something so banal like Archie that you could just repackage various stories in digest form and the core audience would never need a set starting point.
And the manga anime boom of the 90s would simply *never* happen; shit, I don't think any cartoon series past Scooby Doo would have made it on air aside from the saccharine stuff like Care bears and Smurfs (unless Gargamel being an evil wizard set off the code)
I mean, shit isn't perfect now, but if the comic scene was stagnated for 60 some odd years by the original code, we simply wouldn't have the medium. It would be this strange novelty that other countries have teen/adult comics that cater to wider audiences, but god luck getting any of that shit before the internet is invented.
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>This is how it ends joker. No big schemes, no grand fight to the finish with the dark knight. Tomorrow, all the papers will say is that the great joker was found raped to death in the back of an alley, filled with the semen of a miserable little nobody. Kinda funny, ironic really
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>>95298169
Finally, someones going to do it
Justice will prevail today p
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>>95298169
The fuck is wrong with you guys and this unfunny annoying joker rape meme? Its trash and anyone who regurgitates it is trash
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>>95298169
What's wrong with his right hand?
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Don't watch the trailer for Big Mouth
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>>95298156
Okay I won't, thanks
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>>95298156
This show has pedo vibes all over it.
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>>95298196
Moral fags out. Hate it for being shit, not for offending your sensibilities.
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Can we talk about August Sales Numbers?
http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2017/2017-08.html
DC Titles Under 20K
Batgirl & the Birds of Prey #13 - 18,917
The Hellblazer #13 - 16,111
Superwoman #13 - 14,181
New Super-Man #14 - 12,339
Blue Beetle #12 - 11,574
Cyborg #15 - 10,949
DC Comics under My Little Pony (AKA Under 10K)
Mother Panic #10 - 8,589
Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #11 - 8,231
Shade, the Changing Girl #11 - 8,035
Marvel under 20K
Jean Grey #5 - 19,150
Jean Grey #6 - 18,629
Hulk #9 - 18,093
Mighty Captain Marvel #8 - 17,265
Iron Fist #6 - 17,106
Ms. Marvel #21 - 17,010
Generations X #5 - 16,943
Black Bolt #4 - 16,026
I Am Groot #4 - 15,834
Rocket #4 - 15,156
Secret Empire Brave New World #5 - 14,994
Hawkeye #9 - 14,989
Gwenpool #19 - 14,703
USAvengers #9 - 14,070
Iceman #4 - 14,056
Royals #6 - 14,034
Dr Strange Sorcerers Supreme #11 - 13,482
Silver surfer #13 - 13,274
Secret Warriors #5 - 12,507
Luke Cage #4 - 12,330
Black Panther The Crew #5 - 11,587
Black Panther The Crew #6 - 11,435
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #23 - 10,281
Zombies Assemble 2 #1 - 10,057
Marvel Comics under My Little Pony (AKA Under 10K)
America #6 - 9,548
Nick Fury #5 - 9,145
Monsters Unleashed #5 - 8,614
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #22 - 7,466
Unstoppable Wasp #8 - 6,882
The biggest take continues to be that Marvel has way more titles under the 20K mark and that their attrition levels are pretty bad.
You got several brand new titles, 5-6 issues into their run and they're selling worse than the worst cape comics from DC, and those are in the double-digits.
If you're selling worse than Blue Beetle #12 and you're just 5 issues in, you're doing something bad.
Rather, you're publishing stuff no one asked for. Sure, it helps you keep your #1 place in market share and dollars -- but you're also printing about 25%-30% more comics than DC every month, even if a good chunk of your comics sell below 20K.
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>>95298013
>can we have another hourly Marvel hate thread
Yes, yes, go ahead, we definitely need to shit up the board with another one.
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>>95298392
Eat ass shill.
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Sure we can!
In the August sales thread that still exists. >>95263291
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Quick /co/, Captain America asked you what he needs to add to his list to catch up on in the seventy years he was frozen. What do you tell him to read/watch/listen to?
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>>95297682
Boku no Pico.
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Footage of the bombing at Hiroshima.
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>>95297682
Listen to Stan Bush and David Bowie
Watch Scarface
Eat Dippin Dots ice cream
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So what is the appeal of this show, anyways?
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>>95297522
-it's freakin' epic
-it's cool
-it's looks just like your japanese anime. like DBZ and Totally Spies!
-Raven is soo deep
-Starfire is hawt and kawaii
-it's not as good as ATLA but it's still freakin' sweet
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>>95297522
Teen Titties.
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>>95297522
Nostalgia.
Admittedly Raven and Cyborg were very well done characters, especially compared to their comic counterparts.
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Hey /co/mrades, help a brother out. I don't have anything to watch right now. Are there any hidden gems or other neat shows you would suggest to me?
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Angela Anaconda
My Little Pony
Rocket Power
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Over the Garden Wall.
If you've seen it then watch it again
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>>95297413
-F is for family
-Moral Orel
-Xavier Renegade Angel
-Rex the Runt
-any Laika films you haven't seen yet
-Justin Roiland's internet animations
-Soviet stopmotion films from early-mid 20th century
-The Critic
-Sonichu: The animated series
Lottie is T H I C C
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yeah
she is
don't look at my wife like that ever again or I'll kill you
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Makes sense, her mom and sister are also THICC.
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>>95297264
Jesus CHRIST.
What's with this comic and relationships suddenly ending out of the blue.
What if you are a Rick AND a Morty at the same time?
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I'd really like to know that one's backstory.
Was there like a telepod accident and they got fused together?
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>>95297201
Is that Morty carrying Journal 3?
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>>95297400
Yes I think he is.
>this is the theme song
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>>95296731
Why you saved a Jimmy Neutron picture with "jew" as a filename?
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>>95296761
Because (((jewish physics)))
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>>95296795
Is this like that "Jet fuel and steel beams" thing?
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STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL! WHAT COMICS AND CARTOONS ARE YOU DOWNLOADING RIGHT NOW?!
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Absolutely nothing.
It's not Wednesday yet.
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>>95296101
Nice try FBI, we ain't telling you shit.
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>>95296101
The 80s called, they want their boxcars back.
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It's kinda cute
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>>95295958
>A FRIEND IS A FRIEND TO THE END OF THE END
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Download for TKO
https://mega.nz/#!Y88VCDZA!sCgxLP2Jfdf4D7pucdz6CXpxpCtxmBrDf0lIS9Jf10U\
What did you think of today's special?
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>>95112866
11/10 best episode by far
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>>95112866
i wanted to punch tko in the face
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ITT: characters who became far better after they switched sides
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Scott got better when they made him Magneto.
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It's been 24 years since this movie came out. New products are still being made to this year and it plays a strong role in Disney every Halloween. So why haven't they try to cash in via making a new movie or short?
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>>95295790
IIRC, there were talks of doing a sequel, but they didn't pan out and most of the ideas ended up in the video game, Oogie's Revenge.
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>>95295790
>25 years
>TFW i first saw it when it was 5 years old
Im getting too damn old
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>>95295790
>it plays a strong role in Disney every Halloween
Which is fucking stupid since it's a Christmas movie