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The writing blog of Bill Bodden - reviewer, gamer, geek and all-around fanboy. This blog talks as much about the business of writing, and keeps a running tally of writing work I've been assigned and completed.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Watching the Watchmen

With the fannish craze and media blitz over the Watchmen film, it's difficult to avoid learning anything about the subject. I myself have had to delay seeing Watchmen for at least another week due to other commitments. However, a very important point needs to be raised on the topic: Watchmen is not a comic book for kids. Mature themes abound, and it's inappropriate reading material for nearly all pre-teens.

Unfortunately, there's a large segment of the population that believes comic books are ONLY for kids; stores that sell adult-themed comics are under threat on a daily basis from moral crusaders who are looking for easy targets to pick on, generating the publicity these bullies crave. Please, please consider making a donation to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of First Amendment rights.

http://www.cbldf.org/

Are you willing to accept being told what you as an adult are allowed to read? If not, then drop these folks some spare change; they'll put it to very good use.

Bill

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