Local Distributors Reject Crime Books: Want "Cleaner" Pocket Editions
Subject
Newspaper Articles
Description
Looks at the way tougher laws about the production and distribution of comics has caused for distributors to turn their attention to obscene pocket books.
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Lethbridge Herald
Date
7 December 1949
Rights
Lethbridge Herald
Format
PDF, JPG
Type
Newspaper Article
Bibliographic Citation
"Local Distributors Reject Crime Books." Lethbridge Herald, 7 October 1949: 6. Web. 23 March 2014.
Inquiry Demands Purge of 'Comics': Senators Declare Publishers Must Eliminate Pictures of Horror, Degeneracy
Subject
Newspaper Articles
Description
Senators state that it is not the government's job to deal with horror comics, but rather it is the duty of comic book publishers to clean up their work.
"Inquiry Demands Purge of 'Comics': Senators Declare Publishers Must Eliminate Pictures of Horror, Degeneracy." New York Times, 20 February 1955: 73. Web. 16 January 2014.
Fulton Loses Crusade For Definite Penalty Against Crime Comics
Subject
Newspaper Articles
Description
Discusses Fulton's attempt to pass a bill that would see those involved in the production of comics being fined up to $10,000 for doing so. The bill did not pass.
Lyons, Richard L. "Crime, Horror Comic Book Cleanup Demanded by Delinquency Probers." The Washington Post and Times Herald, 20 February 1955: A1. Web. ProQuest. 26 January 2014.
Comic Books - The Defense They Offer: Economist Scans Their Claims of High Moral Value
Subject
Newspaper Articles
Description
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.
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Southtown Economist
Date
15 April 1945
Rights
Daily Southtown
Format
PDF, JPG
Type
Newspaper Article
Bibliographic Citation
"'Comic' Books -- The Defense They Offer: Economist Scans Their Claims of High Moral Value." Southtown Economist [Chicago], 15 April 2014. Web. 14 March 2014.