It's more about the industry at large than individual players; I think he mentions how Wood went out but it wasn't an important thing. Hadju spends more time on what a bundle of bizarre Charles Moulton was... and how the latent sadomasochistic and homoerotic undertones of his work influenced comics the same way Rob Halford's gayboy leather chic influenced heavy metal. Prior to EC comics toning Wonder Woman down, Moulton's first instinct was black patent leather and fishnets. That is the comic book movie I wanna see.
Well shit. I'm about a third into the way of the book and I can honestly say I did not pick up on that. I feel silly now. He was a bit of a weird guy. Though in his defense, a lot of influencial people in history were downright weird by today's standards. Have you ever heard of a book called The League of Regrettable Superheroes? It's full of characters who are interesting for one reason or another.It's more about the industry at large than individual players.
Moulton
Mmmmyeah, I'm kind of okay with Moulton for being a polyamorous kink, but pretty much not okay for being the guy who saddled us with the polygraph. I oughtta check that book out.