Marvel criticised for comic-making tool that bans guns, drugs and bare midriffs

Terms for new online Create Your Own platform for fans stipulate that politics, social issues and ‘alternative lifestyle advocacies’ must not be included

The dream of creating comics for Marvel is one held by many writers and artists, but the company has always been a notoriously tough nut to crack … until now. But, although a forthcoming tool will allow amateurs to create their own Marvel comics, it has been widely criticised after the company released restrictive terms and conditions that ban comics from including content it deems controversial, including midriffs, contraception, guns and “alternative lifestyle advocacies”.

Marvel Create Your Own, which was announced on Thursday, will allow fans to create comics featuring the studio’s huge cast of characters, from Captain America to the Guardians of the Galaxy. The online platform will allow fans to combine various backgrounds and character images with editable speech bubbles.

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Heyyy so I heard Marvel is letting us make our own comics now and there are some rules about stuff we have to include? Anyway @bisonfisticuffs and I made you a thing, I think we got everything in there http://pic.twitter.com/nF3qyJwIQl

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