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OtherEric:
It appears that within the next two months the CCA will be no more; after at least a decade or longer of being more or less meaningless.

I suppose it had some value at its time, but that was long in the past.  There is still some satisfaction in seeing the final nail in its coffin announced.

John C:
I wish they had retooled it.  I can see a lot of use for even the original, restrictive rules in merely (like...I think it's what Milestone did, no?) applying the seal when it meets with approval, but not acting any further.  Because, y'know, there are days when I actually could do without seeing a badly-drawn woman bending over in a thong, someone's severed head bouncing through a few panels, or language that is not (I say as a New Yorker who has known many a truck driver) all that realistic outside of South Park or Archer (both of which are often hilarious, but that's totally not the point...).

Rather than scrap it, I might actually like to see a sign that, "some bureaucrat with a stick up his nethers said this has nothing in it you wouldn't show to a four-year-old," even realizing that different people have different standards about what is "child-safe."

narfstar:
As a high school teacher the language is realistic but not bad enough for what really goes on. Yes it is that bad now. I think the ratings or code have switched to imprints. The safe comics seem to have their own imprints now. So stick with Johnny DC or Boom Kids, etc to play it safe. Thing is many of the kids lines are actually pretty good reads.

John C:
The problem with imprints is that there's no oversight.  You're trusting Archie editors and only those editors, any of whom might have a bad day, forget to pay attention, or miss a reference.  They have other jobs that don't include being the guy that the writers are going to bash for not indulging their "creativity."

And let's not forget Archie's Pre-Code life.  Read Pep #30 and, while the Shield is swearing to fight evil despite losing his powers...after he gets a ticket for speeding recklessly, see what Archie does to keep this nation great (with, I might add, assorted innuendo).

And don't forget the world's most inappropriate catchphrase:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__dO31_PK2kE/TRqFeQFKbhI/AAAAAAAAFcA/DufP_8X6-WA/s1600/weenies.jpg

On the Johnny DC side...

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/436/

Search for "meant for adults," then read from there.  The rest of the article is almost worth reading, if you've got time (everything on the site is), even if it's just "modern DC stinks," but I think the JLU Spectre scene is the really relevant bit.

I realize it's archaic and nobody wants the cost or the time to have someone outside the company preview material before it's released, but I can't imagine a third-party reading anything like this and saying, "yes, I would buy this for my neighbor's young child."

As for the language, the characters aren't high school students.  We mellow as we realize that cursing makes us sound like we couldn't think of anything better to say.

Bob Hughes:
The real problem with the comics code was that the publishers involved could never agree to create multiple levels.  Proposals to add "teen" and "restricted" ratings were made each time it was revised but they could never come to an agreement.  Which is mostly what prompted Marvel to leave (besides the fact that Bill Jemas was a jerk) in the first place.  DC de facto left by deciding to issue the majority of it's books without code seals.  Marvel at least had their own rating system.  Now DC does too.
Whether those ratings will actually have any value remains to be seen.  Personally once they put a code seal on a Punisher comic, the thing died from its own hypocrisy as far as I'm concerned.

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