2. Harper's article on checkered history of The Anarchist Cookbook reminded me on incendiary publisher Lyle Stuart:http://harpers.org/blog/2015/02/burn-after-reading/ …
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3. Stuart (1922-2006) was a publisher famous for his willingness to touch material other publisher's wouldn't like Anarchist Cookbook.
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4. The Anarchist Cookbook includes bomb-making instructions -- it's not something I myself would publish (banning is a bit iffy).
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5. Context for understanding Stuart is the intersection of low brow pulp publishing, porn, modernism and anti-censorship politics.
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6. Stuart - a merchant marine, a casino owner & occasional pro gambler, a tabloid journalist - brought to publishing a roughneck sensibility
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7. In 1950s, Stuart was business manager to EC Comics and Bill Gaines, publisher of MAD, then embroiled in censorship controversy.
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8. Because of horror comics Gaines published, EC was flashpoint for anti-comics censorship campaign.
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9. As adviser to Gaines, Stuart encouraged the reckless policy (which Gaines inclined to anyway) of not no apology, no self-censorship.
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10. The anti-comics crusade rarely linked to later 1950s/1960s censorship cases (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Naked Lunch, Lenny Bruce etc.)
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@GeoffPolHist True also in UK -- communist party helped lead anti-comics crusade.
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