Classics Illustrated

[Jim Hohman]

No: HPFGUIDX 843

 Pam, 
I had mentioned Classic 'Comics" and the same authors earlier but had 
forgotten that they were actually titled Classics Illustrated.  We 
always called them C Comics which I think was an earlier name that 
they used.  Great minds etc....    Jim




--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Pam Scruton" <Pam at b...> wrote:
> I'm sorry if I've missed this point during this thread, but all of
a 
> sudden there were lots of messages to go through.
> 
> Does the phrase Classics Illustrated mean anything to anyone?  Lots 
> of years ago I got my introduction to an awful lot of literature 
> through this medium - all the Charles Dickens, Jack London, and, of 
> course Herman Melville whose Moby Dick I last saw in Classic 
> Illustrated form in the film Major League!  
> 
> Ladybird Books (mostly catering for pre-school and early school 
> readers) also have done versions of adult fiction - we have the 
> Ladybird version of Dracula, condenses Bram Stoker's book from the 
> size of  Goblet of Fire to about 16 pages half of which are taken
up 
> by pictures.
> 
> However, when I think of the visual images included in television 
> news broadcasts - even those around the children's TV slot in the 
> afternoon - JKR is going to have to get very dark indeed to match 
> that sort of stuff!
> 
> Pam