All this talk about video game censorship jogged my memory and sent me on a nice little Wikipedia loop.
A fascinating bump in the history of comics was the introduction of the Comics Code. By many accounts, it dealt a serious blow to a medium that was previously enjoyed by adults as well as children. Of course, censorship is little match for popular culture, even when industries falter. The Comics Code may also have created the right environment for the underground comics scene to emerge - and (get ready for the FC connection...) those comics often included parodies and caricatures of the sanitized above-ground titles! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_code I've only read a few chapters but Nyberg's book "Seal of Approval" is an incredibly detailed history of comics and censorship. Worth checking out for anyone interested in the medium. Here's a review: http://www.comicsresearch.org/entries/nyberg.html Kevin PS. This also reminded me of a great series of blog posts about superhero comics. Loosely related but Jenkins is on our faculty board of advisors so why not throw out a little summer reading? http://henryjenkins.org/2007/03/just_men_in_capes.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
