We start out with a real slice of comics history-a 1954 newspaper article/interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham, the psychiatrist whose 1950′s book SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT used it’s buzzworthy title to get comic books a bad rap and change the industry forever. To be fair, time has proven that a lot of them really were crap and the purging of the herd now seems to have been a necessary evil to get to our beloved Silver Age but still… Awww, he meant well.

http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-are-sordid-comic-books-doing-to.html

Not exactly comics but definitely of historical interest, COMICRAZYS presents a ton of rare MGM model sheets from legendary cult favorite cartoon director Tex Avery including this one from one of my all-time favorite cartoons, BILLY BOY!

http://comicrazys.com/2010/02/20/model-sheets-tex-avery-the-mgm-years-1942-1955-various/

And I guess while we’re speaking of cartoon directors, it would be rude not to mention this brief article (with a couple sample strips) on Chuck Jones and his 1970′s attempt at newspaper syndication with CRAWFORD.

http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2010/02/comic-strips-by-chuck-jones.html

Okay, fine, if you absolutely insist on having some comics to read, also, here’s a short Ditko Charlton tale from a 1957 issue of UNUSUAL TALES. If you like it, don’t forget to get your copy of Yoe’s BOING-BOING approved book, THE ART OF DITKO elsewhere on this page for more of the same!

http://ditko.blogspot.com/2010/02/unusual-tales-clairvoyance.html