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Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
As a matter of fact, I do. I have bound volumes that contain of all the 1948 issues of SRL. The issues of interest start with March 20 (John Mason Brown debating Al Capp) through Otober 16. I took photos tonight, so I'll get pics posted soon. Thanks for asking! I had neglected to add them to the list earlier. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
The excerpt from Saturday Review of Literature must have been well received, because in November, 1948 Reader's Digest published "Common Sense About Comics", which they condensed from Parents magazine. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
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Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Also in October, 1948, we had Neurotica #3. Gershon Legman's "The Psychopathology of Comic Books" would later resurface as part of his "Love & Death." -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
The weekly newspaper insert "The Week" featured a Wertham cover story in its issue dated October 10, 1948. In "What Your Children Think of You," Wertham discusses the "Hookey Club" (which figures prominently in SOTI), and makes a brief mention of comic books. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
And then came the big one. Saturday Review of Literature, May 29, 1948. A lengthy feature article written by Wertham, promoted on the front cover, laid out the doctor's case against comics. This article received even more widespread exposure with the August issue of Reader's Digest, which reprinted a condensed version of the article. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
In response to "Puddles of Blood", a reader took exception to Wertham's reasoning. Time, April 19, 1948. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
The March 29, 1948 issue of Time featured a small story "Puddles of Blood," about that Wertham guy who was saying comics were dangerous. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
When we hit 1948, stuff starts to hit the fan. Here we have the March, 1948 Collier's article, "Horror in the Nursery." According to the author, there's some guy named "Wertham" who says comics are full of material that's not suitable for kids. -
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SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Oh, and we can't leave 1947 without a nod to Colton Waugh's The Comics. In this book, we learn that newspaper comic strips are great. And then at the end, there's a chapter that politely informs us that comic books are . I love the description of Schomburg's cover to Speed #33. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
I am precisely zero percent sure this is a reprint -- that was just conjecture on my part. I was trying to indicate that I don't have the whole magazine, and have just this standalone article in a cover. I should have chosen my words more carefully. If it is typical to produce such a copy at the time of the original publication, then I'd say that's likely what happened here. Thanks! -
Pep Comics #41 / Atomic Comics #2 Swipe!
SOTIcollector replied to Robot Man's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Per GCD, the Dynamic #3 Lady Satan story is reprinted in Bulls Eye #11, so the fact that they swiped the splash from that book isn't a surprise. Great discovery @Robot Man on the Pep splash! Now that we see a pattern... who wants to hunt for the images that make up the covers of Atomic #3 and #4? -
Dirty? I love dirty.
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Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
And my last entry before we hit the tumultuous year of 1948, we have McCall's magazine, with "What Do They See in the Comics?" -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
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Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
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Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
In the fall of 1945, there was this issue of Arizona Quarterly. In it, Walter Ong writes "The Comics and the Super State." More to come... as we hit 1948 and Wertham's first nationally-published anti-comics article, the number of comic book-related publications increased significantly. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Moving forward chronologically, the next I have is from American Scholar, in the winter of 1943/44. This isn't the whole magazine. It's a reprint of just William Moulton Marston's article "Why 100,000,000 Americans Read Comics," saddle-stitched with a copy of the cover to that magazine. -
Anybody have any pre-SOTI books?
SOTIcollector replied to Bo_Hogg1's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Well, I finally dug around in the vaults and found some fun pre-SOTI books. I'll start with my copy of The Comics, by Sister Mary Clare. From 1943, it's my earliest anti-comics item. Including the one pictured above, I've seen two instances of the red cover version, and one instance of a yellow cover version (which I bought). Separately, I bought another pamphlet from the same author, "What Is A Nun?" I believe this was referenced by Wertham on pp. 228-229 of SOTI. -
I'm just discovering this thread. Fun stuff! Thanks for sharing! From your description, I'm guessing that book at Carnegie Library was Coulton Waugh's The Comics, originally published in 1947. It has had at least a couple paperback reprints since. It's largely about newspaper strips, but the last chapter is about comic books.
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I guess I was a latecomer to the party. My first OSPG was the Spirt of 1976. And yes, I still have it.