I knew Apple had fairly strict content guidelines - although I hadn't studied up on the specifics - and ‘SAGA’ is frequently pretty explicit,” the Canadian creator says. “But I don't think about that kind of thing when I'm working on the book I'm pretty much just focused on the task at hand. “If I had any foresight at all, I would’ve seen it coming!” Staples tells Comic Riffs. The Shuster Award-winning artist didn’t anticipate the ban - but it didn’t catch her off-guard, either. “Eric Stephenson e-mailed Brian and I about the issue night - he offered us the chance to do a censored version, but none of us really felt that was the way to go,” Staples tells us. “It would be equally inappropriate for us to censor their vision.”įiona Staples tells Comic Riffs she felt supported by Image during a Monday discussion.
Vaughan and Fiona Staples own their work 100-percent and they call the shots on ‘SAGA.’ “ Image Publisher Eric Stephenson continues.
“We regret that Apple won’t allow us to sell ‘SAGA’ #12 on the Image Comics app, but that is Apple’s decision and it would be inappropriate for us to tell another company how to run its business,” Image Comics says Tuesday in a statement.
