Over at the LA Daily News, Nancy Dillon writes about at a new exhibit at California State University Northridge’s Oviatt Library that looks at the battle between civic do-gooders and comic books, among other things:
One highlight of the exhibit is a rare copy of Dr. Fredric Wertham’s 1954 book “Seduction of the Innocent,” the scholarly text that many people credit with instigating the Senate inquiry and the subsequent Comics Code.
” ‘Seduction of the Innocent’ was probably the single strongest influence that has kept American comics from becoming an all-ages medium. It did a lot to hamper comics as an adult art form,” said Caleb Monroe, 27, an employee at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. “It’s a sad piece of history, but it’s history. I’d love to see it.”
Me, I’d be more interested in checking out that letter by E.C. Segar with the drawing of the Wiffle Bird.
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:05 am
Our public library had a copy of SOTI, probably a later printing. There was a Waffle House napkin stuck in it.