Two hours of audio from the notorious Senate subcommittee hearings on horror comics! Sen. Kefauver, Dr. Wertham, Bill Gaines!!!!
http://comicscavern.tumblr.com/post/30606032701/check-out-the-audio-from-the-50s-senate-hearings-on (http://comicscavern.tumblr.com/post/30606032701/check-out-the-audio-from-the-50s-senate-hearings-on)
Oh for crying out loud! They had Senate hearing against comic books? Maybe that has something to do with the cold war.
There is a real interesting documentary about these hearings. Btw......Gaines was a legend. I can't believe all the cr**, he and other fellow comicbook publishers had to go through.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on January 16, 2013, 05:33:32 PM
There is a real interesting documentary about these hearings. Btw......Gaines was a legend. I can't believe all the cr**, he and other fellow comicbook publishers had to go through.
what's the documentary called? I always dug horror comicsl the most and the 1950s tales from the crypt, haunt of fear, and vault of horror were so awesome
Quote from: steve050305 on January 16, 2013, 06:21:49 PM
what's the documentary called? I always dug horror comicsl the most and the 1950s tales from the crypt, haunt of fear, and vault of horror were so awesome
Here its an excerpt from the doc.
Confidential File: Horror Comic Books! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI8IJA8kdkI#)
Just imagine what those "investigators" would say today about our movies, comics and other forms of modern entertainment. Their heads would probably explode.
Quote from: Jim Bertges on January 17, 2013, 02:51:27 AM
Just imagine what those "investigators" would say today about our movies, comics and other forms of modern entertainment. Their heads would probably explode.
Oh my goodness, yes.
There is also the great book, The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read! which includes a bonus dvd--Confidential File, a rare 25-minute TV show that first aired on October 9, 1955, about the "evils" of comic books and their effect on juvenile delinquency is included with the book.
http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Comic-Books-Government-Didnt/dp/0810955954 (http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Comic-Books-Government-Didnt/dp/0810955954)
Quote from: zombiehorror on January 17, 2013, 09:16:25 AM
There is also the great book, The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read! which includes a bonus dvd--Confidential File, a rare 25-minute TV show that first aired on October 9, 1955, about the "evils" of comic books and their effect on juvenile delinquency is included with the book.
http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Comic-Books-Government-Didnt/dp/0810955954 (http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Comic-Books-Government-Didnt/dp/0810955954)
I bought that one right when it came out or maybe even as a pre-order. Worth every penny and then some. The DVD will make you shake your head and laugh at the same time. Talk about propaganda.