As you probably know, there was a period in this country when the Big Boogeyman — the cause of all that was wrong with society and especially the cause of juvenile delinquency — was comic books. Most of the publishers of those evil things either went out of business or formed something called the Comics Code which assured parents that the comics their kids bought had been sanitized for their protection.
There's a new documentary out called Diagram for Delinquents which chronicles this time in America. It's very good and I say that not because I'm in it here and there but because it's just plain very good. You can purchase a copy in many different forms over on this page and you can view the trailer for it below…