Moko Expedition #8
Posted by Robin Childs on June 27, 2014 News | Podcast | Tags: censorship, podcast, writing | 3 comments
Censorship from a creator’s perspective. In an online medium as independent creators, there’s no editor or board that determines what we can and cannot post…but that doesn’t separate us from the consequences of posting certain kinds of content. Should a creator self-censor? What tricks can they use to make their content accessible without compromising their vision too significantly? We discuss the tricky subject of censorship on today’s podcast…and the horrors of sentient food.
More of our work:
- Matthew’s Website: DishonorOnYourCow.com
- Robin’s Webcomic LeyLines: LeyLinesComic.com
A most interesting podcast and I now have to think about a blog for my site.
I think you covered this tricky subject very well. The only thing I would add: Whatever choices you make, be sure you’re making those choices out of conviction, and not out of fear. Back in the 1990s, a friend and I were collaborating on a comic that was going to be both violent and sexually explicit. Halfway through drawing it, I heard the news that cartoonist Mike Diana had been convicted on obscenity charges ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Diana#Legal_troubles ). I went into panic mode, and dialed the explicitness of my story way, way back. It was an act of cowardice, and something I regret to this day.
That is a very good point. Fear drives a lot of human behavior, but as artists, and ulitmately, as human beings, we need to be brave.
In a lot of ways, fear is comfortable, because it keeps us froms stepping beyond what we are used to. Beyond that comfort zone is where truly moving art lies.
Extend that fearlessness to self-analysis as well. It is easy to hide faults from oneself. The only way to improve is with that same conviction.