Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Fredric Wertham
Born: March 20, 1895
Died: November 18, 1981 (aged 86)
Bio: Fredric Wertham was a German-educated 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.
Known for:
- Seduction of the Innocent (1954)
- The show of violence (1949)
- The circle of guilt (1956)
- The World of Fanzines (1973)
- The German euthanasia program (1977)