Seduction of the Innocent, 21st century style
…Because the most horrific consequence imaginable of underfunded public education would be that kids start reading comic books.
I’m really tired of people perpetuating insulting myths about my hobbies, especially when those people are Democratic political candidates like Nancy King (running for the MD state senate), whose positions I tend to agree with, especially on education funding (there’s no better investment in the future of a nation than making sure that the population is educated and informed).
I honestly thought that the “comics = degenerate” meme went out with the Comics Code Authority. Apparently not.
I’ll be curious to see how this particular race plays out; Diamond, the huge comics distributor, is based on MD, and King’s primary opponent has already responded to the ad, on the Bendis boards, a forum frequented by numerous comics professionals.
Back to the original idea though – how can kids reading be construed as a bad thing? Candidate King clearly hasn’t thought her cunning plan all the way through.
