#comicscodeauthority

A couple of fun reads added to our selection for the spooky season. A 1970 "TV Casper and Company" and a 1967 "Strange Tales", both with #YeOlde #ComicsCodeAuthority (#CCA) #SealOfApproval, but clearly for different audiences. For those unfamiliar with #Comicdom – #PreCode comics refer, primarily, to horror & crime #comicbooks from the 1950s, often featuring graphic depictions of violence, gore, murder, drug use, torture, occult practices, etc. Whether you like your stories fun or fearsome, we have some comics for you! #CasperTheFriendlyGhost #DoctorStrange #MasterOfTheMysticArts #StrangeTales #NickFury #AgentOfSHIELD #HarveyComics #MarvelComics #VintageComics #AgeAppropriate #SpookySeason #CartoonsAndComics #FunAndFrolic #ActionAdventure #BonnettsBooks (at Bonnett's Book Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PhSeZnVMg/?igshid=1gojhif2nij40

My research assistant, Mona always dutifully makes sure that I am not going anywhere when I should be reading comics. Today I am wallowing in the Golden Age. During this period there were many trends and shifts in tastes, good and bad. The poster child for all that was wrong, EC’s Bill Gaines. His transformation of his father’s comic company that had mostly peddled Bible Stories, morality tales and light hearted crime drama, took everything to another level. His studio of artists produced what is inarguably the greatest visual works of the period and they consistently upped the drama, the horror and the violence all wrapped around the most vicious and disturbing finales. Although ultimately rooted in morality tales, some folk didn’t quite see it that way, they just saw vile child ruining grotesqueries, so with the introduction of the Comics Code and the soon to come end of EC the Golden Age of comics shuddered to a close. We have many fabulous volumes of this stuff on hand at all times: WEIRD SCIENCE and WEIRD FANTASY, SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES, VAULT OF HORROR, TWO FISTED TALES and of course TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Try some, it may lead you to juvenile delinquency, but it’s worth it! #ec #talesfromthecrypt #billgaineswasright #comicscodeauthority #cbldf #weirdscience #wallywood #harveykurtzman #jackdavis #grahamingles #thecryptkeeper https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzyg_EvJ_rY/?igshid=dkvupghtml2e

Faux covers are a lot of fun. #comics #comicscodeauthority (at Desert View Highlands, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByO5cjshto_/?igshid=ld9mvupqeaxq

This kitted up Juggalo loves some Skittles and Faygo to make it throught New Comics Day, laughing all the way. #batmanwholaughs #thebatmanwholaughs #dcmetal #batman #skittles #thejoker #lcs #newcomicsday #comicscodeauthority (at Worlds Collide)

I got asked what Comics had an impact on my life & the 1st issue of Spider-Man that refused the Comics Code Authority came to mind. #spiderman #comics #comicscodeauthority #unapproved #thoughtmasons #dianaapp