I love comics.
"By way of comparison with nudity in art and photography, I introduced comic books which I called obscene. I pointed out that the picture of a nude girl per se may be the opposite of obscene, as compared to one of a girl in brassiere and panties about to be tied up, gagged, tortured, set on fire, sold as a slave, chained, whipped, choked, raped, thrown to wild animals or crocodiles, forced to her knees, strangled, torn apart and so on."
(Wertham, 1953, pp. 297-298)
(some time in the future I'll put up my "comics in libraries" issue briefing paper on my UB server space for everyone out there to read)
"By way of comparison with nudity in art and photography, I introduced comic books which I called obscene. I pointed out that the picture of a nude girl per se may be the opposite of obscene, as compared to one of a girl in brassiere and panties about to be tied up, gagged, tortured, set on fire, sold as a slave, chained, whipped, choked, raped, thrown to wild animals or crocodiles, forced to her knees, strangled, torn apart and so on."
(Wertham, 1953, pp. 297-298)
(some time in the future I'll put up my "comics in libraries" issue briefing paper on my UB server space for everyone out there to read)
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