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Chris Mautner on DC Lettering The Curse Words It Blocks Out and My Internship Office
posted September 11, 2008
 

"... how printing a word and then putting a block over it is totally freaking weird beyond anything any of us has ever heard before and all other speculative threads should be stopped while we all sit around and marvel over the sublime goofiness of this practice. Is someone pulling our leg here?"

While it does seem odd at first glance, I'm willing to bet it was a convoluted attempt to allow DC to keep their precious Batman-comics swear-free, while at the same time allowing any future collected or international editions to keep the naughty words in without having to letter the whole thing again.

Also, while I would gladly talk about comics with you anytime, I simply cannot bring myself to watch an episode of The White Shadow, so I'm afraid I, at least, will have to back out of your intern offer. Unless you're willing to substitute Benson or Barney Miller.