COMICS ARE FOR KIDS -- ONLY!
IRA SCHNAPP was an Austrian immigrant who came to America with a talent for stone carving, and found a home working for DC Comics. But in the mid-fifties, Schnapp's career, along with the entire comic book industry, were threatened by...
DR. FREDRIC WERTHAM, a German psychiatrist who wrote Seduction of the Innocent (1954, cover pictured right), a book that "exposed" comics books as a prime corrupter of American youth and morality.
How are these two men connected? Let's find out! Starting with some quotes from Wertham's book, Seduction of the Innocent, illustrated... Robby-style!
Quotes from "SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT"
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"I have known many adults who have treasured throughout their lives some of the books they read as children. I have never come across any adult or adolescent who had outgrown comic-book reading who would ever dream of keeping any of these 'books' for any sentimental or other reason."--Fredrick Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent
More:
http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/376/Okay, I think I get it.
Kind of.
I think.