Scotty Odyssey Comic

So one of my favorite things growing up was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I love the show and a lot of the toys. I even one remember one Christmas asking for the transforming firetruck turtle. I don’t know why but I had to have it. That’s a big part of my childhood.

Every five years or they reboot the series. I enjoy watching new episodes and reliving my childhood… for the most part. This time it’s been the best reboot yet. I’m excited to see what they are doing with each episode. I also realize that the old ones really didn’t act like teenagers. Watching this makes me realize I need to work on Amy a bit.

They made a rap of the old school hehehe. Which is a stable to my childhood. Now why am I writing about this? Cause they are making LEGO TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES? I mean think about it… they are making Legos of one the best Ideas ever. So now you can see why I’m so excited.

Now you can see why I wish I was a kid now a days. Stupid lucky brats?! Well let’s end on the old school trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDQzALOH9iU

Now Entering Stone Cold Steve.. wait no?! That’s not it. What else could I be talking about? In the early nineties with the Warner Brother Studio’s Batman Animated Series was being made. The Censors made a lot of complaints and made them change a lot of things. The Broadcast Standards and Practices made a list of nine things couldn’t be shown. They were; Guns, Drugs, Breaking Glass, Alcohol, Smoking, Nudity, Child Endangerment, Religion, and Strangulation.

Now after the recent storyline, with Scotty and Jake flying through the glass. After finishing that page, I realize a couple things. Well one thing, I have broken four out of nine of those rules. I have shown smoking, guns (lots of guns) Child Endangerment (how couldn’t I right?!) and now breaking glass.

This got me thinking. What is appropriate for kids? I mean, a lot of those points I understand and agree with. However how you do you a children show and not show child endangerment? I can understand a couple of things, religion, drugs and nudity. After making this thought I remember Batman Beyond episode  with Slappers. A drug based off of venom, that teenage boys in athletics where taking. This was a child show, showing drugs.

I’ve been reading some Terry and the Pirates, an old news paper comic strip by Milt Caniff. In the comic, I’ve been introduce to a character named Big Stoop (Best name ever!) However another character cut out his tongue. Now I don’t know if they showed them doing it. However, just even talking about it is a big,WOW. I mean news papers are more censored then television ever has been.

It use to be ok to show children with guns, I mean how else are they going to find villains? Now a days it’s unthinkable to show a child with a gun. The other way to get around this was, well let’s make every villain a robot.  So that way if get’s destroyed, it’s just a toaster. I’ve notice shows are going back to human villains.

I do try/feel like this is an all ages strip. The way I judge is simple, would I show this to my grandmother? The answer is a simple yes. This strip might not cut it for tv but I will always make it safe for children. Take it easy guys.

-Greathouse