EPISODE · May 20, 2021 · 42 MIN
Ep. 136 Comic book panic!
from So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
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 www.sotospeakpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freespeechtalk Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotospeakpodcast Email us: [email protected]
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