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- Title
THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE AND COMIC-BOOK CONTROL: A STUDY OF EXTRAGOVERNMENTAL RESTRAINT.
- Authors
TWOMEY, JOHN E.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the role of comicbooks in spreading obscenity in the U.S. It is stated that public outcry against crime and horror comic-books and as a product of American culture, they have become notorious and caused embarrassment abroad. While heroes and heroines of supernatural strength remained the popular theme of the best-selling comic-books, they began exhibiting a growing preoccupation with themes of crime and violence, featuring sexually suggestive and sadistic illustrations in 1946. It is believed that such books were no longer comical but promoted juvenile delinquency.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COMIC books, strips, etc.; JUVENILE delinquency; OBSCENE publications; OBSCENITY (Law); CRIME; VIOLENCE; CHILDREN'S literature
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1955, Vol 20, Issue 4, p621
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1190290