Ten ¢ent Plague

[sundrycollect]

Just picked this up at a used bookstore today. Anyone here read this?? Prior to reading the little bit I read at lunch, I don't think I fully comprehended the fear that was gripping some communities back in the day...relative to comics.

 

[Sekowskyfan10]

I have a copy and it's a great read.

 

Two things struck me when I finished: 1) The wide range of censorship/ban attempts by schools, churches, and private citizens; 2) The incredible number of artists and writers that were thrown out of the business.

[kav]

Nice Charles Burns cover

[Designer Toast]

A fantastic read

[Prince Namor]

Agreed. A great read.

[The-Collector]

Nice Charles Burns cover

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Comicopolis]

It is a great book.

[letsgrumble]

Very good pick up! You'll enjoy it.

[Darth Corgi]

Great book explaining the history of those precode years. EC stories along with a lot of the other fly by night companies are covered. Another great read on this subject which includes reprinted stories from the comics is Four Color Fear by Sadowski and the Tales Too Terrible Too Tell fanzines.

[shadroch]

I have a copy and it's a great read.

 

Two things struck me when I finished: 1) The wide range of censorship/ban attempts by schools, churches, and private citizens; 2) The incredible number of artists and writers that were thrown out of the business.

 

Schools,church's and private citizens are allowed to censor and or ban things. It's when governments do so that it becomes problematic.

 

Great book, by the way.

[rodan57]

 

Schools,church's and private citizens are allowed to censor and or ban things. It's when governments do so that it becomes problematic.

 

 

(thumbs u

[otherworldcomics]

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago and have been reading ever since. Its a good book that deals with the history of comics and how people viewed them. Just like video games and other media that have been primarily aimed at kids,comics came under fire from those that wanted to blame them for the problems with kids. It also has a lot of background stories on how those comic greats like Will Eisner and Jack Kirby got into comics. Good stuff.

[Norrin_Radd]

I still haven't read the book, but I did listen to a podcast that David Hajdu did when it was released that was interesting.

 

 

http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya080502_tencentplague.mp3

 

 

[GACollectibles]

A comic fan must read. Great book.

[TheSurgeon]

Great book. I could not put it down. NY TImes.

 

NPR

[Mr Sneeze]

A great read!