Research
Censorship of Comics Bibliography
1940’s
Articles:
Association of Comics Magazine Publishers Comics Code (1948)
Hoult. "Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency," 33 Social. Soc. Res. 279 (1949).
National Cartoonists Society Comics Code (1946).
Thrasher. "The Comics and Delinquency: Cause or Scapegoat?" 23 J. Educ. Sociology 196 (1949).
Wertham, Frederick. "The Psychopathology of Comic Books--A Symposium," 2 American Journal of Psychopatholgy 472 (1948).
Wertham, Frederick. "The Comics--Very Funny," from Saturday Review of Literature, May 29, 1948, p. 6.
Wertham, Frederick. "What Your Children Think of You," from This Week, Oct. 9, 1948, p. 4.
Wertham, Frderick. "What Are Comic Books?" from National Parent Teacher Magazine, Mar. 1949, p. 16.
Books:
Legman, G. Love & Death: A Study in Censorship, Breaking Point, New York, 1949. Evaluates comics censored by local sex and violence laws.
Legal Publications:
Laws:
City of Quincy (MA) Rev. Ordinances c. 64 (1949).
Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 5201 (1948).
Cases:
People v. Dickey No. CR A 2528, Cal. Super. Ct., App. Dep’t, Dec 27, 1949.
Winters v. New York 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
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