11. But Stuart's connection to EC comics shows that early 1950s comics battle prefigured later censorship struggles over literature.
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12. To understand Stuart, you have to see him as part of cohort that included Lenny Bruce, Barney Rosset, Maurice Girodias, Al Goldstein etc
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13. Other members of this cohort: Hugh Hefner, of course, and Larry Flynt.
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14. What united this cohort was they combined extreme mercenary commercial interests with fearless anti-censorship stance.
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15. I mean, even the most high-minded in the cohort (Rosset & Girodias) were hustlers who published pure trash as well as literature.
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16. Stuart really was committed to the idea of publishing stuff as far outside the boundaries as possible -- i.e The Turner Diaries.
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17. Amid the porn and incendiary terrorist stuff, Stuart also published some valuable books.
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@professorshih Stuart published Louis Chu's novel Eat a Bowl of Tea, early Asian American masterpiece w/ authentic Chinese dialogue1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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19. Lesson of all this: frontiers of censorship pushed back not by respectable citizens but by low-lifes, hustlers, and near-gangsters.
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@tnyfrontrow Grove & Olympia strategy was to mix porn with high brow -- not a bad strategy!
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@HeerJeet Growing up, I heard Lyle Stuart on radio all the time—regular guest on Long John Nebel's show. I didn't know what a publisher was.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes - Show replies
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