tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post848332471732377946..comments2023-10-23T12:09:24.592-07:00Comments on Timely-Atlas-Comics: Part 1: Fredric Wertham, Censorship & the Timely Anti-Wertham EditorialsDoc V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-29404509485658587552023-07-31T20:11:49.438-07:002023-07-31T20:11:49.438-07:00No, Martin's wife was Jean Goodman, (nee Jean ...No, Martin's wife was Jean Goodman, (nee Jean Davis).Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-71200875483865731742023-07-25T17:12:21.318-07:002023-07-25T17:12:21.318-07:00Was Jean Thompson actually Martin Goodman's wi...Was Jean Thompson actually Martin Goodman's wife? Or am I misremembering? Wm Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211622568047874639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-65180293592227115142018-04-02T16:51:27.797-07:002018-04-02T16:51:27.797-07:00Great, Michael! Proving further the concerns have ...Great, Michael! Proving further the concerns have been around as long as man has.Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-707112307899206492018-04-01T03:22:47.038-07:002018-04-01T03:22:47.038-07:00Actually, an earlier occurrence of people's co...Actually, an earlier occurrence of people's concern over stories affecting children negatively can be found in Plato's Republic, where he argues in favor of censorship"<br /><br />“Shall we, then, thus lightly suffer our children to listen to any chance stories fashioned by any chance teachers and so to take into their minds opinions for the most part contrary to those that we shall think it desirable for them to hold when they are grown up?"<br /><br />“We must begin, then, it seems, by a censorship over our storymakers, and what they do well we must pass and what not, reject. And the stories on the accepted list we will induce nurses and mothers to tell to the children and so shape their souls by these stories far rather than their bodies by their hands. But most of the stories they now tell we must reject.” Michael Sepesyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544056895686232498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-20167121321693790862013-02-25T17:37:39.128-08:002013-02-25T17:37:39.128-08:00Hi Bob, of course! Link it anywhere you want! Happ...Hi Bob, of course! Link it anywhere you want! Happy to have any corrections, etc.<br />Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-65981626370843026192013-02-23T23:08:25.814-08:002013-02-23T23:08:25.814-08:00Just did a cursory scroll tis 1 AM here now. I agr...Just did a cursory scroll tis 1 AM here now. I agree with 99% of the macro of what i read so far. There are some fine tuningmicro details I think i can help improve upon, if you like. If not, OK, too. This cxrys our for wider desemination so is OK to post both parts link to my two FaceBook pages?Robert Beerbohmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514676878677036242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-16131230537586122672011-02-11T16:17:58.785-08:002011-02-11T16:17:58.785-08:00Nick, I can picture Dr. Wertham having conniptions...Nick, I can picture Dr. Wertham having conniptions over a Popeye-Bluto slugfest!Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-29962640871856193122011-02-09T10:47:09.612-08:002011-02-09T10:47:09.612-08:00Mike,
Great informative research, showing how far...Mike,<br /><br />Great informative research, showing how far back censorship went. I thoroughly enjoyed this post.<br /><br />On a lighter note...Y'know, its bad enough to go after crime and horror comics, but funny animals? I ask you, Dr. Wertham, have you no shame? :)<br /><br />Comics did seem like an easy target to attack. Why not go after cartoons if there was such fear of children imitiating what they saw? And boy, did we all turn out to be depraved monsters, having grown up not only on those horrible comic books, but cartoons such as Popeye and Heckle and Jeckle!Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-88550502712180880622011-02-07T18:07:05.404-08:002011-02-07T18:07:05.404-08:00Make sure they check out part 2 by clicking on &qu...Make sure they check out part 2 by clicking on "older post" below! What do you teach?Doc V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06815470072568462626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355407830694029222.post-7021552036175384002011-02-07T02:44:10.005-08:002011-02-07T02:44:10.005-08:00Wow! What a great collection of material and insi...Wow! What a great collection of material and insights. Well done! I will definitely be sending my students here to check this out!Lance Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781437456030157583noreply@blogger.com