Ep. 136 Comic book panic!

An episode of the So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast podcast, hosted by FIRE, titled "Ep. 136 Comic book panic!" was published on May 20, 2021 and runs 42 minutes.

May 20, 2021 ·42m · So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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Episode Description

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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