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- ∗ For suggestions affecting research and preparation of this paper, I am grateful to Jon Stratton, Tony Bennett and Roy Shuker.
Censorship and the child: Explaining the comics campaignFootnote∗∗ For suggestions affecting research and preparation of this paper, I am grateful to Jon Stratton, Tony Bennett and Roy Shuker.
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