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They’ve been linked with delinquency and illiteracy and were decried for their sexual content. A Senate subcommittee even met to discuss their effect on America’s youth. Sound familiar? No, we’re not talking about the movies or rap music, but comics. And they came under close scrutiny in the mid-1950’s. Some 50 years later, though, comic books are still around. And while there may not be as many teen eyes focused on their every page, the genre continues to expand. Batman fan Robert Brown (NOVA) and communication studies professor Matt McAllister (Virginia Tech), co-editor of Comics and Ideology, look at who’s reading the comics and who’s drawing them.
