Now they're not even mentioning what's cut in the books? I had a good look over my copy for any mention of anything being altered or removed but I guess now they're just going to deliberately deceive to people.
"This title includes negative depictions and mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it, and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together."
Why even bother including the warning if it's a straight up lie?
Page 3 has been completely removed. The Wild Woman of Borneo page.
This "Complete Series" has turned to absolute crap.
Ok, I checked on the Italian library and I saw what is the censored page. Again, this was not a mistake but deliberately chosen because of its content. I still hope that they will be able to include these censored content in the boxed set version as they did for volumes 21 and 23, but at this point I'm really just waiting to finish the series and move on...
As far as I know at the moment we have the following censored content: 1 eight-page story; 1 one-page story; 1 cover; 1 page was deleted from a ten-page story;
There's no way they'll include the cut content in the boxed set versions unless Disney does a complete turn around by the time they're due for release. "The Flying Farm Hand" was completely removed from the reprint/boxed set version of Vol 21.
I've gone ahead and cancelled my pre-order for the 22/24 box set after having a quick look at the digital versions for those volumes for stuff that may be removed and there's a few things in each volume that *could* be removed so I'd rather not take the chance and just ordered them individually before they're replaced with possibly edited reprints.
Blaiter I do blame Fantagraphics somewhat. Back in 1999, Gladstone published the uncensored "War of the Wendigo" DESPITE Disney's orders. And I am not even saying that Fanta should print all Barks comics unconsored despite Disney's orders, all I am saying that they should at least include notes about what was cut even if Disney does not want them to include such notes.
Blaiter I do blame Fantagraphics somewhat. Back in 1999, Gladstone published the uncensored "War of the Wendigo" DESPITE Disney's orders. And I am not even saying that Fanta should print all Barks comics unconsored despite Disney's orders, all I am saying that they should at least include notes about what was cut even if Disney does not want them to include such notes.
No, sorry to disagree. If Disney doesn't allow them to print such notes, they cannot print them. As easy as that. In any other occasions and publication Fantagraphics always demonstrated to want to publish the original art and dialogs no matter what. But if the original company doesn't allow them to do so, I can't blame them.
Blaiter I do blame Fantagraphics somewhat. Back in 1999, Gladstone published the uncensored "War of the Wendigo" DESPITE Disney's orders. And I am not even saying that Fanta should print all Barks comics unconsored despite Disney's orders, all I am saying that they should at least include notes about what was cut even if Disney does not want them to include such notes.
When Gladstone published War of the Wendigo, they were already closing up shop. It was a unique situation, a kind of rude gesture to Disney as they were locking the door. Ongoing publishers such as Fantagraphics can't just burn their bridges with Disney, if they plan on finishing the rest of the series (as well as other series besides).
Some unrelated thoughts. Disney comics are in a very odd position, both compared to other Disney productions and to other comic books and magazines. The whole licensing aspect works fine when you treat the comics like any old merchandise, but instead they have actual content. Am I right in saying that comics are the only medium that Disney doesn't produce and distribute primarily in-house? Each publisher within a given area has their own niche, so there's not a lot of direct competition. In fact, publishing Disney comics is a team effort: no single publisher can survive without material from abroad (with the possible exception of the Brazilians). If the Italians suddenly stopped producing comics, the Scandinavians and the Dutch would be in big trouble. It's a very international effort, even though their remain contracted at an individual level. Some licenses have been short-lived, while others have a continuity stretching back decades. In short, being a Disney comics licensee is weird.
Page 3 has been completely removed. The Wild Woman of Borneo page.
This "Complete Series" has turned to absolute crap.
If that page wasn't allowed, I fear for Good Deeds in the upcoming vol 1. You can't exactly just remove the pages with the natives from that one either.
Rosa said the publishers were not allowed to comment on the whole Bombie erasure. I guess the same applies here.
Furthermore, the licensed publishers are forbidden to mention the situation to their readers or publicly mention it in any way. They are only allowed to state that a new reissue of a book has been āedited for contentā but cannot be specific as to exactly what has been changed or omitted. There is NO discussion of the matter allowed. Or at least none given any credence.
Honestly, Fanta has the hands tied and we cannot blame them. I'm happy we got Gottfredon's library when we did, I think nowadays several strips would be censored or outright not published. I'm scared for volumes 1-3, hopefully only Good Deeds will be affected.
When Gladstone published War of the Wendigo, they were already closing up shop. It was a unique situation, a kind of rude gesture to Disney as they were locking the door. Ongoing publishers such as Fantagraphics can't just burn their bridges with Disney, if they plan on finishing the rest of the series (as well as other series besides).
Hopefully when Fantagraphics decides to stop publishing Disney comics (or when Disney decides to end their partnership), they will have the cojones to do the same thing Gladstone did back in 1999.