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"Seduction of the Innocent"- Article on Infamous anti-comics tract
I found this interesting set of articles on the notorious anti-comics book "Seduction
of the Innocent" by Dr. Fredric Wertham. http://www.the-solute.com/seduction-...the-red-scare/ http://www.the-solute.com/seduction-...-stray-bullet/ http://www.the-solute.com/seduction-...ny-is-a-thing/ http://www.the-solute.com/seduction-...ld-psychology/ http://www.the-solute.com/seduction-...ld-psychology/ I think every generation has its moral panics- everything from "Penny Dreadfuls" to "Grand Theft Auto" has been accusing of corrupting our children. And 1950s America (and other countries) settled on comic books. What's interesting to me is that there wasn't a similar backlash when adult-orientated comics reappeared in the US in the 1980s. |
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A lot of comics historians have blamed Wertham for starting the "Batman and Robin are gay" meme. Turns out he didn't quite say that, but he did say there was a "subtle element of homoeroticism" to the stories:
http://cypheravenue.com/boards/threa...were-gay.1944/ |
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Was flicking through some WWII era comics the other day, the propaganda was fantastic. How far post WWII did the US government continue to put money and influence into US comics?
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Was flicking through some WWII era comics the other day, the propaganda was fantastic. How far post WWII did the US government continue to put money and influence into US comics?
https://newrepublic.com/article/1229...old-war-comics There would have been a lot of anti-Commie storylines in 50s and 60s US comics. For instance, the early Marvel Iron Man and Thor comics had the heroes fight Communists. But I don't think most of these comic stories were directly funded by the US government. The Fredrik Stromberg book "Comic Art Propaganda" has an extensive section on anti-Communist (and pro-Communist!) comics from around the world. |
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What's interesting to me is that there wasn't a similar backlash when adult-orientated comics reappeared in the US in the 1980s.
http://cbldf.org/2015/06/college-stu...om-the-system/ “I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography.” " I would like the books eradicated from the system. I don’t want them taught anymore. I don’t want anyone else to have to read this garbage." But Schultz the elder also objects to their availability in the campus bookstore when “there are under-aged kids here at this campus.” |
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You've reminded me of this infuriating incident from lasy year:
http://cbldf.org/2015/06/college-stu...om-the-system/ “I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography.” " I would like the books eradicated from the system. I don’t want them taught anymore. I don’t want anyone else to have to read this garbage." But Schultz the elder also objects to their availability in the campus bookstore when “there are under-aged kids here at this campus.” College courses have sexually explicit novels (our "Modernist Literature" course included "Lady Chatterley's Lover"* ) and films (our Cinema Course had Scorsese's "Taxi Driver"). So I don't see why she should be surprised that the graphic novel course also includes adult material. If that kind of material bothers her so much, maybe she should attend somewhere like the fundamentalist Bob Jones University. instead. * Turned into a Very Graphic Novel by Hunt Emerson. ![]() https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...51c546d1c6.jpg |
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Didn't Alan Moore gather up some artists to do lurid tales from the Bible?? I have it somewhere and would love to send this woman a copy
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Didn't Alan Moore gather up some artists to do lurid tales from the Bible?? I have it somewhere and would love to send this woman a copy
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Wertham accused wonder woman of being a 'sadistic lesbian'.
Looks like he was only half right. |
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I think every generation has its moral panics- everything from "Penny Dreadfuls" to
"Grand Theft Auto" has been accusing of corrupting our children. And 1950s America (and other countries) settled on comic books. What's interesting to me is that there wasn't a similar backlash when adult-orientated comics reappeared in the US in the 1980s. Ten minutes in
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