Tag Archive | "censorship"

Busted Jesus Comix Play

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Paul Gravett has posted up a review of a stage play which is based on the experiences of Mike Diana, an underground comics creator in Florida who was subject to a heavyweight legal assault by the authorities which, among other things, cost him his job and landed him on probation for years (remember, kids, you [...]

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Burn, baby, burn, literary inferno…

Friday, October 2, 2009

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I hadn’t realised that the annual (and highly commendable) Banned Book Week organised by the American Library Association to celebrate the important writing some would try to ban or even burn (a true mark of a barbarian to my way of thinking, burning books) included a poster inspired by Tim Hamilton’s recent graphic novel adaptation [...]

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From our continental correspondent – The Comics Code A La Francaise celebrates 60 years

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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The history of the Comics Code probably is common knowledge for most of our readers here: faced with impending restrictive regulations after congressional hearings surrounding Frederic Wertham’s book, Seduction of the Innocent, the American comics publishers drew up their own code of conduct, defining what was permissible in children’s comics, what could be shown, and [...]

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