"Comic Book Confidential" Documentary Clip
Comic Books
A clip from the 1988 film "Comic Book Confidential." The video features an interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham in which he condemns comics for corrupting children
Ron Mann (director)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L7tHhnDw8s&feature=youtu.be
ViPlusGonzoArcade<br />published via YouTube.com
16 July 2011
Don Haig, Martin Harbury, and Charles Lippincott (producers); Ron Mann and Charles Lippincott (writers)
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Youtube Video Clip
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Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency: Interim Report of Committee on Judiciary - March 14th, 1955
Legal material
Deals with the findings of the Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency's exploration into the impact of mass media on youth and their behaviour.
http://www.thecomicbooks.com/1955senateinterim.html
US Library of Congress
14 March 1955
Harley M. Kilgore (Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary) and Estes Kefauver (Chariman of the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in the US)
Library of Congress
PDF
Report
Senate of Canada Debates - December 7th, 1949
Legal material
Third reading of Bill No. 10.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_SOC2101_01/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
7 December 1949
ed. H. H. Emerson
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
Report of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Publication of Comics - March 1st, 1954
Legal Material
Introductory summary of the Committee's previous activities and findings before commencing a discussion of Wertham and his work. Also includes an examination of "pocket books," inexpensive books that often depicted obscene subjects.
http://128.121.13.244/awweb/main.jsp?flag=browse&smd=1&awdid=1
Williams Press, Inc.
1 March 1954
James A. Fitzpatrick
New York State Library
PDF
Report
Crime Comics and the Constitution
Comic Books
Discussing the possibility of an all out ban on crime comics. Writer(s) call for more investigation into the potential dangers of crime and horror comic books.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1226392?origin=JSTOR-pdf
Stanford Law Review
1 March 1955
JSTOR
PDF
Journal Article
Quash Conviction Against Publisher of Crime Comics
Newspaper Articles
Discusses an indictment surrounding Superior Comics, one of the primary Canadian Publishers of crime comics.
Unknown
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The Globe and Mail
1 December 1954
ProQuest
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Comic Books - The Defense They Offer: Economist Scans Their Claims of High Moral Value
Newspaper Articles
Article makes note of the fact that comic book publishers are defending their works by claiming that comic books promote a "crime doesn't pay stance," and that comic books promote the building of a good vocabulary.
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Southtown Economist
15 April 1945
Daily Southtown
PDF, JPG
Newspaper Article
Comic Book Firms Want Government to Ease Penalties
Newspaper Articles
Presents a backlash to the bill passed in Canada in 1949 that put a number of sanctions on the distribution of horror and crime comic books.
Unknown
Winnipeg Free Press
22 February 1950
Winnipeg Free Press
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Newspaper Article
Comics Trade Solid to Balk State Rule
Newspaper Articles
Covers the discussion of several representatives for comic book publishers in regards to the question of self-regulation.
Unknown
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New York Times
12 May 1951
ProQuest
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Newspaper Article
CCA Seal
Comic Books
All comics that carried this seal were approved by the Comic Code Authority. Under the code, almost all depictions of horror and violence, as well as sexual perversity, were forbidden.
Unknown
Public Domain
JPG
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