I have a three and a half hour journey to work every Monday morning which, as you can imagine, is pretty boring and repetitive. I try to alleviate that boredom by listening to the radio since reading a comic would be… is unwise the word?

Anyway, one of the news bulletins this week happened to mention that the BBFC are reviewing their age certification criteria and couldn’t help but wonder why this has never been a mandatory requirement for comics.

I’m sure that everyone who reads this will have at some point either have been told or at least have heard that “comics are for children”. Now, we know that it’s an irritating and uneducated point of view but it’s a bit worrying if they genuinely believe what they’re saying.

I wonder how many copies of Crossed have been handed to 5 year olds.

Anyway, the comics code authority in America is an example of how voluntary censorship used to be applied but it fell out of favour with publishers with the last few adherents finally withdrawing support within the last 5 years.

Anyway, the likes of Marvel and DC adhere to their own age certification processes but, particularly given the population of family friendly comic book movies, do you think that’s good enough?

Let us know!

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