Vintage Reading Comic Books
Comic Books
Features a series of brief clips showing children, and then adults, reading comics.
Unknown
http://www.fastimages.net/catdv/clip-details.jsp?id=338802
F.I.L.M Archives
1920s-1950s
F.I.L.M. Archives
Video Clip
Moving Image
Junior Has a Craving
Magazine Articles
A mother investigates the reading habits of her eight year-old son.
Mannes, Marya (writer)
New Republic
17 February 1947
New Republic
PDF
Magazine Article
This Is Your Page: Speak Up!
Comic Books
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from young and old fans.
Unknown
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=19828
Lev Gleason Publications
1 June 1949
Biro, Charles (editor); Wood, Bob (editor)
Public Domain, Digital Comic Museum
JPG
Comic Book
Juvenile Delinquency: Letter To the Editor
Newspaper Articles
A letter from a child to the editor of The Washington Post. The child condemns adults for being delinquents themselves.
Guthrie, Barbara A. (writer)
The Washington Post
21 March 1946
ProQuest
PDF
Newspaper Article
Horror Comics: Parents Buy Most, Say Dealers
Newspaper Articles
Discusses a meeting between six comic book dealers and 8 home and school associations, which took place in Oakville, regarding the sale of horror comic books.
Unknown
http://ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/docview/1289082028?accountid=13631
The Globe and Mail
3 February 1955
ProQuest
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Encourage Good Reading Habits Best Way of Abolishing Comics Panel Discussion Decides Here: Sponsored by Women's Council
Newspaper Articles
Looks to schools and parents as being the ones that must take control of a child's reading habits, so as to instill in them a want to read books over comics.
Unknown
Portage La Prairie Leader
24 April 1952
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
The Comics - There They Stand
Journal Articles
Discusses the popularity of comic strips and books, as well as some of the ways they have influenced American culture.
Zorbaugh, Harvey (writer)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2262692
American Sociological Association
December 1944
JSTOR
PDF
Journal Article
What Adults Think of Comics as Reading for Children
Journal Articles
Presents the results of a survey given to adults about what they thought of comic books.
Zorbaugh, Harvey (writer)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2264558
American Sociological Association
1 December 1949
JSTOR
PDF
Journal Article
Psychologic Aspects of Pediatrics: The Comics
Journal Articles
Bakwin takes a positive stance on the value of comic books, both in terms of their educational potential and their escapism.
Bakwin, Ruth Morris (writer)
The Journal of Pediatrics
1953
PDF
Journal Article