Mark Welch of Comic Cubicle in Williamsburg, Virginia had this response to an earlier comment on the content of some Free Comic Book Day giveaways:
My first FCBD customer was a dad who browsed for a half hour before lamenting my 'selection of inappropriate comics.' I suggested the FCBD Leave it to Chance as well as other selections on the rack such as Looney Tunes, Powerpuff Girls, Scooby Doo, Sailor Moon, and even some older Jetsons, Flintstones, and Charltons to choose from. He left with the FCBD Archie, commenting that 'this seems to be the only one you have that doesn't have people hitting each other.' I elected to simply thank him for stopping by instead of suggesting that a comic without conflict would be rather boring. And to nit pick, Looney Tunes has funny animals, not people, hitting each other. Hopefully as he shields his daughter from reality she'll never see a movie, TV show, read a book, or become involved in the majority of everyday activity because apparently seeing initiates doing. Nope, I bit my tongue for a change and kept all this inside me.
It's not my place, nor can it help my business to question people like this. Years ago I had a father in the store that didn't object to extreme violence for his 10-year old's entertainment (the boy often spoke of watching R-rated movies) but then wouldn't let him buy a code approved Dr. Strange comic (told you it was years ago). This was a code approved, pretty generic Marvel comic, but The Master of the Mystic Arts wasn't welcome in that home. I realize I haven't offered any answers to Shawn's query, but just wanted to point out that much like the Transformers, there is more to this question than meets the eye.
My first FCBD customer was a dad who browsed for a half hour before lamenting my 'selection of inappropriate comics.' I suggested the FCBD Leave it to Chance as well as other selections on the rack such as Looney Tunes, Powerpuff Girls, Scooby Doo, Sailor Moon, and even some older Jetsons, Flintstones, and Charltons to choose from. He left with the FCBD Archie, commenting that 'this seems to be the only one you have that doesn't have people hitting each other.' I elected to simply thank him for stopping by instead of suggesting that a comic without conflict would be rather boring. And to nit pick, Looney Tunes has funny animals, not people, hitting each other. Hopefully as he shields his daughter from reality she'll never see a movie, TV show, read a book, or become involved in the majority of everyday activity because apparently seeing initiates doing. Nope, I bit my tongue for a change and kept all this inside me.
It's not my place, nor can it help my business to question people like this. Years ago I had a father in the store that didn't object to extreme violence for his 10-year old's entertainment (the boy often spoke of watching R-rated movies) but then wouldn't let him buy a code approved Dr. Strange comic (told you it was years ago). This was a code approved, pretty generic Marvel comic, but The Master of the Mystic Arts wasn't welcome in that home. I realize I haven't offered any answers to Shawn's query, but just wanted to point out that much like the Transformers, there is more to this question than meets the eye.