What's weird is that Dark Horse doesn't seem to be taking advantage of Gor's reputation; they seem to be ignoring it as hard as they can. (I do wonder what the actual cover of the Gor omnibus is going to look like when it comes out-- it can't possibly just be that orange gradient, can it?)
But right now, at least in the initial stages, Dark Horse seems to be promoting/describing the Gor comics as just straight fantasy action/adventure, like Hellboy or Conan or Buffy. Just about the only hint that it might be something more than that is one word in the promo text (http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-558), where they say that Gor is a land of "passion" (and sorcery.) *eyeroll*
But imagine, seriously, if you'd never heard of Gor; it says right on Dark Horse's site that this is an adventure enjoyed by "...all age groups and demographics." Er. I swear, I'm sensing a repeat of the "Nymphet" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo_no_Jikan) controversy, where one of the excuses given for dropping the manga (after much outcry) was "well, suddenly we realized some of the bits in later volumes were inappropriate." Like the publishers hadn't actually read the entire manga before deciding to purchase the rights to it! Shyeah.
Anyway. It just adds a whole new layer of *yuck*. If you're going to publish kinky slave-rape fetish material, then at least have the decency to admit that's actually what you're doing, and label it accordingly. Don't be all "what's everyone so upset about? It's just a classic pulp adaptation like everything else we do?" That's so cheap.
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What's weird is that Dark Horse doesn't seem to be taking advantage of Gor's reputation; they seem to be ignoring it as hard as they can. (I do wonder what the actual cover of the Gor omnibus is going to look like when it comes out-- it can't possibly just be that orange gradient, can it?)
But right now, at least in the initial stages, Dark Horse seems to be promoting/describing the Gor comics as just straight fantasy action/adventure, like Hellboy or Conan or Buffy. Just about the only hint that it might be something more than that is one word in the promo text (http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-558), where they say that Gor is a land of "passion" (and sorcery.) *eyeroll*
But imagine, seriously, if you'd never heard of Gor; it says right on Dark Horse's site that this is an adventure enjoyed by "...all age groups and demographics." Er. I swear, I'm sensing a repeat of the "Nymphet" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo_no_Jikan) controversy, where one of the excuses given for dropping the manga (after much outcry) was "well, suddenly we realized some of the bits in later volumes were inappropriate." Like the publishers hadn't actually read the entire manga before deciding to purchase the rights to it! Shyeah.
Anyway. It just adds a whole new layer of *yuck*. If you're going to publish kinky slave-rape fetish material, then at least have the decency to admit that's actually what you're doing, and label it accordingly. Don't be all "what's everyone so upset about? It's just a classic pulp adaptation like everything else we do?" That's so cheap.