Apple reversed that block this morning.Īpple representative Trudy Muller explained: The news comes on the heels of a very similar situation involving a comic adaptation of the classic epic Ulysses called Ulysses Seen, which was blocked from the App Store until its authors removed some illustrated nudity featured in the comic.
We’ve just gotten word from Apple that they’ve reversed the decision (they say it was a mistake) and that the application’s developers can resubmit the graphic novel in its original form. According to a report in The Big Money, the application was barred from the App Store until its author added ugly black blocks to censor the illustrations of men kissing (which included depictions of mens’ buttocks, but no frontal nudity). The latest was Apple’s blocking of an iPad graphic novel adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. In the last few days, a pair of stories have emerged illustrating the issues with Apple’s App Store and its potential to censor content.
