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Comic Book Culture
Meeting of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. Author urges parents to provide literature with a moral backbone for children.
Comic' Note
Addition to an editorial noting that, since they are read primarily by children, comics should present morality.
Comic' Books Indicted by Economist as Menace to Millions of Children
Explores the effect that crime comic books have on young children. Article states that although good often triumphs over evil, the depictions of evil tend to more prevalent in the illustrations.
Comic' Books - Who Are Their Readers: Nine Children of Every 10 are Subjected to Effect of Crime-Story Thrillers: Surveys Show Vast Audience of Impressionable Youngsters Under Influence of Publications
A number of statistics are given about how many children read comic books.
Comic' Books - Their Effect on Child Eyes: Jumbled 'Panels' and Poor Printing Tax Vision Heavily
Discusses comic books' alleged cause of myopia in the children who read them. Art in comics is identified as the reason, citing its poor quality.
Comic Books - The Defense They Offer: Economist Scans Their Claims of High Moral Value
Article makes note of the fact that comic book publishers are defending their works by claiming that comic books promote a "crime doesn't pay stance," and that comic books promote the building of a good vocabulary.
Comic Criminals to Burn
Reports a New Jersey comic book burning, for which local Cub Scouts collected horror comics to be burned. A portable incinerator will be brought in to do the burning.
Comics' Perusal Up to Parents, Debaters Hold
Interviews with various people involved in education and publication regarding their opinions on comic books. Some hold the parents accountable for what their children read.
Comic Books' Reading Value Emphasized
Emphasizes the importance of comic books for children. It is noted that comic books provide something for them that other forms of children's literature does not.
Comic Books' -- The Shape of Thugs To Come: Offensive 'Pulp' Magazines Misuse Visual Education
Looks at the type of language being presented to readers in the crime comics that are so popular. Argues that children are being presented with language that is not conducive to the building of a proper vocabulary.