Graeme MacMillan raises a troubling question: “I wonder what comics we’ve missed out on because creators self-censored or were too afraid to push ideas that they initially wanted to do, but felt would never get published…?” (“The Biggest Blockade to the Creation of the Content Is Creators Not Choosing to Create the Content,” Newsarama, May 21, 2013.)

We’ve already talked about the changes we made to our stories because we felt our initial ideas weren’t strong enough, or on the contrary were too strong, and how that caused the story to implode. Are we talking about censorship here or just clarity? Naturally the choices we make create a direction for our stories.