Rebellion! Crime! Juvenile delinquency!
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast), producer Chris Maltby explores the rise of comic books in the early 20th century and the moral panic, book burnings, and censorship that followed.
Show notes:
“The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare And How It Changed America”) by David Hajdu
“The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder”) by Bob Corn-Revere
“A National Disgrace”) by Sterling North
“Puddles of Blood),” Time Magazine, 1948
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)
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