Reply With QuoteBefore anyone says it's PC gone mad, this is more a case of corporate image: the idea that variety in a product will confuse the punter, and that everything has to look the same, to enusre continuous brand-awareness. It's business, not PC.
Dennis becomes good!
Dennis the Menace redrawn to appear less violent, Beano admits - Telegraph
But of course `who`s the daddy? and `I beat up my girlfriend` at 9.30 in the morning isn`t going to effect kids.
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Before anyone says it's PC gone mad, this is more a case of corporate image: the idea that variety in a product will confuse the punter, and that everything has to look the same, to enusre continuous brand-awareness. It's business, not PC.
name='Rowdon']Before anyone says it's PC gone mad, this is more a case of corporate image: the idea that variety in a product will confuse the punter, and that everything has to look the same, to enusre continuous brand-awareness. It's business, not PC.
But surely that would mean Dennis should have stayed mean and rude? Because that was his corporate brand identity.
name='Torquemada']But surely that would mean Dennis should have stayed mean and rude? Because that was his corporate brand identity.
Unfortunately that area of the market has been taken over by ....
name='batman']Unfortunately that area of the market has been taken over by ....
Strange, the more we meddle with the media around to put an end to anti-social attitudes and behaviour in juvenile fictional characters the worse anti-social attiudes and behaviour appears to translate onto the street among the juveniles.
That is a fictional character .... the rude, unpleasant, obnoxious, all farting, all burping, poo obssessed Horrid Henry!
TBW turns the TV off when that programme begins.
Beryl the peril used to be my hero
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name='Torquemada']But surely that would mean Dennis should have stayed mean and rude? Because that was his corporate brand identity.
Well, you'd think so, but according to the article it's all trying to bring the comic into line with their new TV characterisation, as opposed to vice versa, since TV is bigger than comics. Why they didn't keep the antisocial Dennis for the TV is another matter, but those people at the Beeb are more intelligent than me.
name='Rowdon']Well, you'd think so, but according to the article it's all trying to bring the comic into line with their new TV characterisation, as opposed to vice versa, since TV is bigger than comics. Why they didn't keep the antisocial Dennis for the TV is another matter, but those people at the Beeb are more intelligent than me.
So perhaps the 'branding' argument was merely a smoke screen to hide the fact that it really is political correctness gone maaaaaaaaad!
My favorite was Calvin and Hobbes.
name='torinfan']My favorite was Calvin and Hobbes.
I like them too. Pure genius.
Ta Ta
Marky B
name='Marky B']I like them too. Pure genius
Ta Ta
Marky B
Bill Watterson gave an interview last week which I read, in case you haven't seen it yet, here it is:
Bill Watterson's First Interview in 15 Years - GOOD Blog - GOOD
I will be sure to get some of those stamps!
Here's another link with the full interview:
Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets | Living - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
About Dennis the Menace's new, gentler look, it could be worse.
name='torinfan']Here's another link with the full interview:
Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets | Living - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
Nice interview - light to the point of empty, but the man sounds happy. One of the exceptional things about Calvin and Hobbes was his astonishing drawing ability. It always helps when yoiu're a strip cartoonist, but the 'real life' scenes in C&H were beautiful in their own right. Like the backgrounds in Giles cartoons.
This may change tomorrow, but I think my all-time favourite strip has to be Peanuts, followed, perhaps, by Andy Capp.
name='faginsgirl']Dennis becomes good!
Dennis the Menace redrawn to appear less violent, Beano admits - Telegraph
But of course `who`s the daddy? and `I beat up my girlfriend` at 9.30 in the morning isn`t going to effect kids.
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I suppose the next thing they'll be making Dan less Desperate
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