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Proper Pronouns: How Wonder Woman Slipped Sexual Slavery, Sadism, and Homosexuality Past the Comics Code Authority

Gerard Waggett — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:51:23 +0000

The last few years have taught us the importance the LGBTQ+ community places upon personal pronouns. In 1969, Wonder Woman writer / penciller / editor Mike Sekowsky understood the value of pronouns when it came… [more]

Dracula, for the Mature Reader: How Marvel Built a ‘70s Horror Book Around a Victorian-Era Monster, Part 2

Gerard Waggett — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:00:12 +0000

On the 50th Anniversary of Tomb of Dracula, Gerard Waggett concludes his look back at the book, warts and all. [more]

Dracula, for the Mature Reader: How Marvel Built a ‘70s Horror Book Around a Victorian-Era Monster, Part 1

Gerard Waggett — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:00:06 +0000

On the 50th Anniversary of Tomb of Dracula, Gerard Waggett takes a look back at the book, warts and all. [more]

The Road to Vertigo: The Suppression and Eventual Rise of Mature Comics and Their Readers

Mikayla J. Laird — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:00:44 +0000

The legacy of Vertigo recalls the very idea of comics finally being allowed to mature; letting people swear, drink, openly take drugs for recreation, and bringing in some serious ambiguity as to what it means… [more]

This is Your Comic on Drugs

Anthony Mathenia — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:00:36 +0000

How Drugs Killed Comics In 1954 the comic publishing industry faced a Galactus-sized threat from psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. His study linked comic book reading to juvenile delinquency and other social ills. The report whipped up… [more]

Image Comics Launches Mail-Order Service: A Threat to Comics Ecology?

Ian Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:00:50 +0000

Image Comics announced this past Thursday that they will now be offering a direct mail service to their US customers for over 35 of their most popular titles, including Rat Queens, Sex Criminals, The Walking… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #24

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:00:29 +0000

Captain America #24" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #24" style="float:left;" />Superhero families have always been something of a mystery. As most serious readers of comics know, the 1955 Comics Authority banned virtually all sexual activity from comics, and even within the bounds of marriage, sex… [more]

X-Men #1-19 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, et al (1963-66), Part 2

Colin Smith — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:00:19 +0000

X-Men #1-19 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, et al (1963-66), Part 2" title="X-Men #1-19 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, et al (1963-66), Part 2" style="float:left;" />In the wake of their first public appearance, the X-Men appear to have been briefly embraced by the American people. Having defeated Magneto’s attempt to seize the U.S. military base of “Cape Citadel”, Cyclops and… [more]

X-Men #1-19 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, et al (1963-66), Part 1

Colin Smith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:00:18 +0000

X-Men #1-19 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, et al (1963-66), Part 1" title="X-Men #1-19 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, et al (1963-66), Part 1" style="float:left;" />In a profoundly reactionary society, even a gentle and sincere challenge to the status quo can be read as a significant marker of dissent. When that dissent is expressed in a medium and a form… [more]

Diagram for Delinquents, the Documentary Film on Fredric Wertham

Julian Darius — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:20:50 +0000

Diagram for Delinquents, the Documentary Film on Fredric Wertham" title="Diagram for Delinquents, the Documentary Film on Fredric Wertham" style="float:left;" />Sequart is proud to announce a documentary film about the most hated man in comics history: psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. Beginning in the late 1940s, Wertham began publishing articles linking comic books to juvenile delinquency. This… [more]

From the Deck of the Black Freighter

Cody Walker — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:39:20 +0000

My wife outright refuses to read the Black Freighter portions of Watchmen. Every time I press her on the issue, she complains, “They’re boring! I don’t want to read about pirates!” I have a nearly perfect… [more]

Breaking the Code (or, How Mom and Dad are Ruining Your Life)

Brian Graiser — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:28:54 +0000

Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnd we’re back for a new season! It’s time to reinstate martial law in the land and grab yer shotguns! Hide the children and mark your doors with sheep’s blood! After far too long, Tact… [more]

The War to End All Wars (or, Tactless V. America pt. 3 of 3)

Brian Graiser — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:38:48 +0000

Drum roll, please! rrllrrllrrllrrllrrllrrllrrllrrll….(all the drummers out there will get that joke) Welcome, one and all, to a very special edition of the single most important source of our national pride: Tact is for the… [more]