Diagram for Delinquents (2014)
133 min
In 1950, America was in a state of panic. Juvenile delinquency was destroying the very fabric of society. Ninety percent of all children were reading comic books. In 1954, psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham wrote a scathing indictment of comics called Seduction of the Innocent. Its central premise: Comic books were the leading contributing factor to juvenile delinquency. That same year, Dr. Wertham testified at special hearings on comic books at the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in the United States. Comics were on trial. Diagram for Delinquents captures the zeitgeist of late 1940s and early 1950s America and investigates how the funny books found themselves on the fire. Using expert and comic book insider interviews, never seen before historical photographs and films, and animation, DIAGRAM goes further than any previous comic book documentary to explore and understand the controversial figure at the center of this American tale: Fredric Wertham.
- Release date
- June 15, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Christopher M. Ward
Trailer
Cast
- Brian Azzarello as Self
- Bart Beaty as Self
- H. Eric Bender as Self
- Mark Evanier as Self
- Al Feldstein as Self
- Matt Fraction as Self
- Praveen Kambam as Self
- Steven Kirsh as Self
- Paul Levitz as Self
- Stephen O'Day as Self
Crew
- Robert A. Emmons Jr. · Director
- Robert A. Emmons Jr. · Writer
- Julian Darius · Producer
- Robert A. Emmons Jr. · Producer
- Francesco Gambino · Producer
- Peter Gambino · Producer
- Christopher M. Ward · Composer
- Robert A. Emmons Jr. · Cinematographer
- Robert A. Emmons Jr. · Editor