The careers and contributions of each of the artists are covered, and the text is supplemented by quotations from exclusive interviews and correspondence with such illustrators as George Evans, Gray Morrow, Lou Cameron, Norman Nodel and Rudolph Palais.
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Attention is given to the evolving mission of Classics Illustrated to bring serious literature to popular culture the publication's ability to stand up to the anti-comics hysteria of the early 1950s the growth of subsidiary educational series encompassing folklore, mythology, history, and science and the unsuccessful attempts to revive the series in the 1990s. This work tells the story of Kanter's enterprise and examines the cultural significance of the most successful publication of its kind in the context of the times in which it was published. Founded by Russian Jewish immigrant Albert Kanter at the dawn of the Golden Age of comics, the series used the comic-book form to introduce young readers to the works of Melville, Dickens, Stevenson, Twain and other authors. More than 300 illustrations-most of them new to this edition-include photographs of artists and production staff, comic-book covers and interiors, and a substantial number of original cover paintings and line drawings.įrom 1941 to 1971, the well-loved yet controversial Classics Illustrated series brought abridged, comics-style versions of literary masterpieces such as Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Goethe's Faust, and Hugo's Les Miserables to millions of children and adults worldwide. New U.S., Canadian and British series have been added. Detailed appendices provide artist attributions, issue contents and, for the principal Classics Illustrated–related series, a listing of each printing identified by month, year, and highest reorder number. Enhancing the lively account of the growth of “the World’s Finest Juvenile Publication” are new interviews and correspondence with editor Helene Lecar, publicist Eleanor Lidofsky, artist Mort Künstler, and the founder’s grandson John “Buzz” Kanter. New chapters cover the recent Jack Lake and Papercutz revivals of the series, the evolution of Classics collecting, and the unsung role of William Kanter in advancing the fortunes of his father Albert’s worldwide enterprise.
Kiefer, Gray Morrow, Rudolph Palais, and Louis Zansky. Blum, Lou Cameron, George Evans, Henry C. This book features additional material on the 70-year history of Classics Illustrated and the careers and contributions of such artists as Alex A. A significant expansion of the critically acclaimed first edition, Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2d ed., carries the story of the Kanter family’s series of comics-style adaptations of literary masterpieces from 1941 into the 21st century.
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