Fredric Wertham
Fredric Wertham (March 20, 1895 – November 18, 1981) was a German-born American psychiatrist and crusading author who protested the purportedly harmful effects of violent imagery in mass media and comic books on the development of children. His best-known book was Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which suggested that comic books were dangerous to children. Wertham's criticisms of comic books helped spark a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry and the creation of the Comics Code. He called television "a school for violence", and said "If I should meet an unruly youngster in a dark alley, I prefer it to be one who has not seen Bonnie and Clyde."
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| Birth date | March 20, 1895 |
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| Date of death | November 18, 1981 |
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- http://art-bin.com/art/awertham.html
- http://lambiek.net/artists/w/wertham_fredric.htm
- http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/3607
- http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/3619
- http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/3631
- http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/3651
- http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/commentary/3659
- http://www.jamesbowman.net/articleDetail.asp?pubID=1915
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- http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6132