The Horror
This is an actual law, on the books, in California:
“Every person who, as a condition to a sale or consignment of any magazine, book, or other publication requires that the purchaser or consignee purchase or receive for sale any horror comic book, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.”
Must be a holdover from the glory days of EC Horror comics and Dr. Wertham’s crusade against entertaining children. (You can enjoy a little walk through crime comic classics here.) It does kind of make you want to start distributing horror comics as promotional material, just to see what happens.
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November 5th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Maybe distribute them at the same time that you possess and resell silly string on Hollywood Boulevard, and see exactly how much trouble you can get into?