Comics ruled ‘indecent’
A series of science fiction comic books has been classified indecent by the Indecent Publications Tribunal. Four volumes of “1984” which were 'imported privately and seized in Wellington depicted horror, violence, and sex, and according to submissions by the Comptroller of Customs, “they would have considerable appeal to children,” said the tribunal’s chairman, Judge Willis, in the decision. The .importer, Mr E. M. Lee, who disputed the seizing, said that he would have no hesitation in allowing his own children to read them.
“Contrary, to what the tribunal suspects is the public’s view bf indecency, it is not limited to matters of sex,” said Judge Willis.
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Press, 19 November 1982, Page 30
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