Ep. 57: DEAD SCARE feat. @thenanistate

When Nani and I embarked on some research into the 1954 book by Dr. Frederic Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent, we were expecting to delve into a nostalgic instance of “Satanic panic” in the form of a moral crusade against comic book horror by a crusty establishment social scientist. But what we uncovered was a playbook for using corporate consolidation and culture war schisms to drive a censorship agenda in the free market–one that has been used time and time again to control the media without direct involvement from the state. Join us as we delve into Wertham and his text, and hypothesize what it was about the legendary EC Comics that may have provoked such opposition from the permanent societal bureaucracy.Follow Nani on X/Twitter:http://x.com/thenanistateFollow Wrong Circles on Spotify:SpotifyAnd Apple music:https://music.apple.com/us/artist/wrong-circles/1516494308…The Comics Code Seal of Approval - aka Free Market CensorshipFrom Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent:https://archive.org/details/fredricwerthamseductionoftheinnocent19542ndprintingEC Comics The Crypt-Keeper: TV vs. Real Life:Page from an issue of the Vault of Horror, a story told from the perspective of the grave: SHOCK and CRIME SuspenStories were two highly influential titles to Pool in his formative years:The first EC Comics Poolhouse purchased, from the 1990s Gladstone EC reprints. The Haunt of Fear (reprinted issue #3)And the Vault of Horror (Gladstone reprint #4):Nani’s original tribute to HCTB:https://twitter.com/thenanistate/status/1663617150727094274Episode Mixtape:Dirty Sanchez - Really Rich Italian Satanists (Poolhouse Dub)Ministry - Every Day is HalloweenFischerspooner - The 15th (Felix da Housecat thee Black Light Remix)thenaninstate - Here Comes the Backklash~ advertisement ~I Was There: https://backklash.substack.com/s/i-was-thereListen live on Spaces every other Sunday, and catch up on the backlog This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit backklash.substack.com