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Scott Snyder is a born storyteller, and the following series of tweets—which reveal the “pulping” of Swamp Thing #15, which he wrote—make that clear. It’s also a clear warning that color choices must be carefully considered.

https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588167248763822080
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588167411683172356
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588167742173351936
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588167967692742658
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588168123985092609
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588168427145207808
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588168840984551425
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588169060283715584
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588169310864039936
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588169341323083776
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588169434566684673
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588169884007268353
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588170254154600448
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588170400070242306
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588170466185060352
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588170738017894400
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588171073876811778
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588171153753137152
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588171344921174016
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588171680947798017
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588172005016473600
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588172258113355776
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588172283132452865
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588172444625727491
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588173123825958912
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588173400343842816
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588173636877467648
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588173891647836160
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588174613588287488
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588174918954704898
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588174990526304256
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588175253685276672
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588175452025581568
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588175902363803648
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588175966075297793
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588176314961682432
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588176469429456896
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588176551402962945
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/588177031126503424

While I can see why the print wun with the penis tentacles was destroyed, it does make you consider that—even with all the publishing gaffes DC has made in recent years—things could always have been worse.

12 COMMENTS

  1. On a more serious note… pink isn’t the only “skin” color. If you’re going into the tentacle business, try to stay away from coloring that looks like it could possibly confused with ANY human shading!

  2. Um guys? Pink is not the problem here. The last pic in this post is B&W and the middle panel is still problematic.

    Netflix still has the Star Trek TOS episode with the pink stucco phalluses. I think it was ‘what girls are made of’. I keep waiting for that one to go down the memory hole and disappear forever.

  3. “On a more serious note… pink isn’t the only “skin” color. If you’re going into the tentacle business, try to stay away from coloring that looks like it could possibly confused with ANY human shading!”

    Must… not… make… “Luke Cage, Power Man” comment…

  4. I’m like, I’m like, I’m like…..what he is LIKE is a middle-school girl if he speaks like that all the time!

    I SAID. What is wrong with I SAID?

  5. So what if something vaguely resembles a penis? I mean, doesnt ANY sort of tentacle automatically do that by default? Is this comic marketed to FIVE YEAR OLDS? “Hey guys we gotta knock down the Eiffel Tower, some old broad was looking at it and it suddenly reminded her that penises exist”

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