Articles and publications and articles related to the comic book censorship movement of the 1940's and 1950's. |
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American Journal of Psychotherapy, May 1948 (?) | Summary of March 19 1948 Symposium “The Psychopathology of Comic Books” (Wertham, Gershon Legman, among others) |
Chicago Daily News, May 8th, 1940 | First Sterling North aritcle. |
Collier's, March 27, 1948 , pp. 22-23+ | Judith Crist "Horror in the Nursery" |
Commentary#7, 1949 pp. 80-88 | Norbert Muhlen. “Comic Books and Other Horrors” |
Educational Administration and Supervision #28 (1942) pp. 344-353 | Paul Witty, Ethel Smith, and Anne Coomer “Reading the Comics in Grades IV-VII” |
Family Circle, February, 1949, pp. 60-63. | Harvey Zorbaugh & Mildred Gilman "What Can YOU do about Comic Books?" Read it! |
Journal of Education #12 (1944) pp. 14-15 | James Landsdowne, “The Viciousness of the Comic Book” |
Journal of Educational Sociology Vol 23, 1949. pp. 195-205 | Frederick Thrasher. “The Comics and Delinquency: Cause or Scapegoat” |
Journal of Educational Sociology December 1949 | Disparages Wertham’s theories. Paul Witty begins to publish a series of academic articles on comic books |
Journal of Experimental Education #10 (1941), pp. 105-109 | “Reading the Comics—A Comparative Study” |
Journal of Experimental Education #10 (1941), pp. 100-104 | “Children’s Interest in Reading the Comics” |
The Lure of the Comics | British anti-comics pamphlet published by the International Women's Day Committee, April, 1952 |
McCall's, December, 1947, pp. 24-25+ | Selma Robinson "What Do They See in the Comics?" |
National-Parent- Teacher, Jan 1942, pp. 29-30 | Paul Witty “Those Troublesome Comics” |
New Republic, Feb 17 1947 pp. 20-23 | Marya Mannes “Junior has a Craving” |
Newsweek, May 3, 1954 | |
The New Yorker, May 8, 1954 | |
Parents' Magazine, February, 1950, pp. 38-39+ | Jesse L. Murrell, "Cincinnati Rates the Comic Books" |
Parents' Magazine, October, 1950, pp. 44-45+ | Jesse L. Murrell, D.D. "Cincinnati Again Rates the Comics" |
Parents' Magazine, November, 1952, pp. 48-49+ | Jesse L. Murrell, D.D. "Annnual Rating of Comic Magazines" |
Picture Post, May 17, 1952 , pp. 33-35 | "Should US Comics Be Banned?" |
Reader's Digest, November, 1948, pp. 56-57 | “Common Sense about Comics” Reprinted from Parents' Magazine |
Reader's Digest, November, 1954 | T.E. Murphy "The Face of Violence" anti-comics article. Cites several specific comic books: 1) A murderer who dissects his victims: "He made the first incision across the throat...", "Now I shall make an incision in the upper arm and separate the muscles so that you may identify them." 2) One comic book that shows how to make a cap gun into a deadly weapon. Another that shows how to make brass knuckles from milk-can handles. 3) The cover of Crime SuspenStories #22 |
Saturday Review of Literature, March 20, 1948 | John Mason Brown “The Case Against the Comics” |
Saturday Review of Literature, March 20, 1948 | Al Capp, “The Case for the Comics” |
Scouting, September, 1954 | Anti-comics article |
Scouting, October, 1954 | One-page anti-comics article |
Time, May 3, 1954 , p. 78 | "Horror Comics" small article about Kefauver investigation. Article cites Crime SuspenStories #22 cover. |