3 - The Comics Code Authority: No Fun Allowed

What says "POW", "WHACK", and "ZAP"? What features flamboyantly dressed men having fantastical adventures? What has blood and guts? What thrives on horror, thrilling romances, and daring fight scenes? If you answered "classic comics", you would be right! ... Or would you?

In this week's episode, we dive into the history of the Comics Code Authority and how its iron grip of censorship shook the world of North American comics. Oh, and did we mention that gay characters were censored under this act, too? Because they were.

Trigger Warnings for this episode:

Mentions of sex and violence, homophobia

Books Mentioned:

Tinker Belles and Evil Queens by Sean P. Griffin

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

Seduction of the Innocent: The Influence of Comics on Today's Youth by Fredric Wertham

Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon by Will Brooker

Monster Culture (Seven Theses) by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

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