Thank you Carol Tilley, University of Illinois professor of Library Science who shows us what we all knew in our hearts, comics are not bad. Unfortunately,  Wertham’s book Seduction of the Innocent met with great success when it was published in 1954 and led to the institution of the Comics Code Authority. This code marginalized the potential of so many writers for decades and it is only recently comics are getting the respect they deserve.

 Here’s the full story at CBLDF

Tags: 2013, Censorship, comic books, Comics Code Authority

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