On the topic of self-censorship, I want to speak to today's panel 5. PLAYMOBIL® has a policy that non-commercial fan sites are allowed as long as they don't depict "any violence that is inappropriate for children under 5".Just so we're clear: Yes Bob Hazmat (and no his partner's name isn't Mat HazBob, it's Gene (Eugene) Hazmat and they're brothers) is currently "tussling" with Edgar but there will be no comic renditions of Bob running around in tight circles afterwards covered in ketchup and bemoaning lost orbits.
PLAYMOBIL®'s policy for non-commercial fan sites (and yes, that means I'll never make a dime off this strip, and rightly so since it's they creations that are allowing me to express my own creativity...or avoid therapy bills or what have you) can be found here.
I'm not sure exactly what qualifies as "inappropriate" levels of violence for a child under 5, given the state of today's television programming, but all it takes is one complaint these days (and not even about violence!) for people to get downright silly about censorship.
Anyway, this is just in case you were wondering. The one person in the "under 5" category who reads this strips is finding it colourful and fascinating so far and gets very excited every time I show it to her. Then again, she gets that way when I hand her a banana, so at this point it's not a rousing endorsement of my comedic talent or anything...
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