Nudity and swearing?, Nudity and swearing? Options

[Mike_W]

Nudity and Swearing . . . OK, just picked up my first issue of HEAVY METAL in like 15 years . . . why did I feel like I had to keep my head down and like I was buying a Playboy?

With the success of shows on HBO and SHOWTIME like the Sapranos, True Blood, Dexter, Californication, Rome, Deadwood . . . to name a few . . . why aren't more comics being created for what I would imagine are mature readers who are buying the books?

I'm working on my own book and find myself typing "*#$^" in stead of swearing, and have no naked people . . . do i need too? . . . would i be dooming my book if we did?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV42Ev-s8D0

I realize we can't see Mary Jane and Peter full frontal between the sheets, with all of the cartoon and kids ti-ins . . . but why are we being more excepting of the HBO approach . . . or are we?

Any thoughts?

[G-Man]

The good thing about doing an Indy book (and yeah....I spelled it Indy....if that offended anybody...get a life) is that you're free to do what you want.

I'm tired about hearing about all ages stuff all the time. Life is not rated "G" for everyone. I don't get into sex and profanity for the sake of sex and profanity either...there's a fine line.

It's your material. Write it in a manner that makes it real to you. Don't sell out to please the masses who could care less in the long run. Just write a good story.

And if nobody likes it but you in the long run everybody else can (bleep) your (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) and the (bleep) (bleep) can be (bleep) happy about it.