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?

[Mike_W]

Again . . . well said . . . thanks for the good stuff all!

I'm lucky with the book I'm working on with 2 very talented artists (Loran Skinis and Gary Morgan) . . . and we can reel each other in and keep the story on point. Which I think is pretty good . . . personally, with the violence I prefer the inferred approach or dark silhouettes, even in R rated horror films . . . like the creativity it spurs.