Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-07-27
Books mentioned on MAD Magazine: A Tribute
Chuck and Josh grew up on MAD Magazine and we hope you did too. What started out as a comic book that spoofed comic books grew into the foundation of American satire and cultivated a healthy skepticism in generations of kids.
Josh Clark discussed Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Seduction of the Innocent
Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham is a 1954 polemical book by a psychiatrist that argued comic books corrupted youth and directly fueled juvenile delinquency, triggering a massive cultural panic and sweeping industry self-censorship.
Discussed“he wrote a book called seduction of the innocent and then he specifically called out some of the EC Comics and described you know the um what was going on in them”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Complete Maus
“uh and I guess art spiegelman he created Mouse right Mouse the graphic novel”
“and Jaffe was also uh popular for something that I had the little side books I bought of uh Snappy answers to stupid questions”