Senators look over the covers of graphic comic books at the 1954 Senate hearing in NYC to see if they had potential impacts on juvenile crime in the US. The Comics Code Authority was later adapted as a result of the hearing, banning graphic comics and putting EC Comics out of business. [1024×819]
Guy third from left: “got, got, need, got, need, need….”
homeherenow69
The US has a hilariously skewed view of “freedom”
Batbuckleyourpants
They didn’t go out of business, they changed their business model to print magazines instead. And put their whole focus on MAD , which became their greatest success.
TominoesHell
How graphic were they tho ?
TominoesHell
They fucked us all up man the childhoods they ruined
OddSkillSet
It’s crazy how the CCA changed comics bring the golden age of comics to a end and bringing a dark age to them and later on couldn’t budge for anything. Even when in a attempt to reach youth and tell em drugs are bad m’kay the federal government asked stan lee to make a comic to do so and even with the backing of the government and vagueness on what drug so no real showing besides needles and pills and they still wouldn’t let him so he went over them and helped bring a end to the CCA
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Mockwyn
Guy third from left: “got, got, need, got, need, need….”
homeherenow69
The US has a hilariously skewed view of “freedom”
Batbuckleyourpants
They didn’t go out of business, they changed their business model to print magazines instead. And put their whole focus on MAD , which became their greatest success.
TominoesHell
How graphic were they tho ?
TominoesHell
They fucked us all up man the childhoods they ruined
OddSkillSet
It’s crazy how the CCA changed comics bring the golden age of comics to a end and bringing a dark age to them and later on couldn’t budge for anything. Even when in a attempt to reach youth and tell em drugs are bad m’kay the federal government asked stan lee to make a comic to do so and even with the backing of the government and vagueness on what drug so no real showing besides needles and pills and they still wouldn’t let him so he went over them and helped bring a end to the CCA