In 1.952, EC Comics published his cartoon parodies called LOCO, became so popular that next year, the owner William Gaines wanted to draw another cartoon similar but a little racier with the title of PANIC. This is like saying that LOCO is suitable for all and PANIC to be read by adults and at least for over 14 years.
From the cover to the last page, this product did honor to the title, because it caused some panic in the state of Massachusetts, the last story by the great Bill Elder who adapted a classic poem in the public domain called "'Twas the Night Before Christmas "
(" It was the night before Christmas ") and as the Elder put it in the original panel, if that massacred the poem. Massachusetts Attorney General George Fingold responded to a number of complaints received by this travesty and announced that PANIC # 1 would be banned in the state of Massachusetts because he had "desecrated Christmas."
As some may imagine, the attorney general really have the power to not only announce a ban on publications at random just because they "desecrate Christmas" and Fingold recognize him, what he really was doing was a request to the salesmen who "voluntarily prohibit" issue, and that's exactly what happened with Massachusetts merchants. Never again circulated the story there.
This kind of publicity did not help when 1.954 Entertaining Comics during the hearings of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency, Gaines reminded this point against him. The EC Comics people realized that we should not sneer at Santa Claus in Massachusetts. Written by Hector Augusto Sovero Gastañeta.
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