Old encyclopedia says comic books make kids do "wicked acts"

Joey Manley says:

Webcomic artist Neal von Flue has scanned a page from an old encyclopedia which basically says that comic books are the root of all evil. He found it while helping his daughter do a school paper on "comets," and just, you know, skipped over a couple of pages.

Best bit: "There is nothing real about the stories in such comic books, and for that reason, grownups are often against them and children love them." Link

Previously on Boing Boing:
• Predecessors of anti-game hysteria: anti-novel, anti-waltz, anti-phone! (Thanks, Rodney!)