well, Classics Illustrated (what they were called after 1946)
are still around today. currently by Jack Lane Productions of
Canada.
steven rowe
On 6/6/07, Bludis Jack <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "A graphic novel is a comic book on steroids," Jim
Doherty
> said. An excellent figure of speech and not that
great a
> hyperbole.
>
> I remember picking up a whole stack of comics at
a
> second-hand book/magazine store when I was a kid.
They were
> called "Classic Comics" or "Classic Comic Books,"
I'm not
> sure which, but they included such works as "Moby
Dick" and
> "Les Miserable." These two I remember specifically,
but
> there many if not all of the others of the classics
that
> were full-length comics that were also taken from
the
> classics of World Literature.
>
> Just a piece of trivia--Well, not so trivial--from
the
> past. It seems to me they would go over today. Beats
the
> hell out of Cliff Notes, although I doubt you'd get
the
> detail.
>
> Jack
>
> http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
> Try "Blondes, Blondes, Blondes" at
> http://www.ThrillingDetective.com
>
>
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