Fredric Wertham: an infotainment spectacular!(Biography)

Phi Kappa Phi Forum | June 22, 2004| | Copyright

NOTHING HAS HAD A MORE PROFOUND EFFECT ON AMERICAN COMICS THAN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMICS CODE IN 1954. AND NONE WERE MORE INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE DEBATE ON COMIC CENSORSHIP TO THE FOREGROUND THAN DR. FREDRIC WERTHAM. WITH THE PUBLICATION OF 'SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT,' HIS ANTI-COMIC MANIFESTO, AND HIS TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF SENATE HEARINGS HE IS ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE ANTICOMIC HYSTERIA THAT STIFLED THE INDUSTRY FOR YEARS.

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FREDRIC 1. WERTHEIMER WAS BORN IN GERMANY MARCH 20, 1895. WERTHEIMER EARNED HIS ...

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