March
19
"Ten-Cent Plague's" Hadju at L.A. Library tonight
We're trying to catch up on posting about WWLA and the comics-sphere while working on a major freelance project, but this can't wait.
Tonight at 7 o'clock at the central branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, author David Hajdu will discuss his book "The Ten-Cent Plague" The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America" with writer Ben Schwartz. The book (reviewed by Hajdu's former outlet, EW, here) talks about the comics censorship movement of the late 1940s and early 1950s, epitomized by Fredric Wertham's book "Seduction of the Innocent," the Senate testimony of E.C. Comics chief Bill Gaines and the formation of the Comics Code Authority. The lecture is free, but reservations are recommended. Visit this page for more information.
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