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I just came into a slew (a huge box) of old Classics Illustrated comics... ...and I am totally digging the cover to HG Wells' "The War of the Worlds" from the mid-1950's.

I was looking over my old books when I came across this paperback version of Lord Jim, which I purchased in 1966 while a freshman in high school. Why in the world did a 14 year-old-girl purchase, as one of her first book buys ever, Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad? Because as a girl she had loved the Classics Illustrated Comic book story of Lord Jim. The paperback's red tinted art reflects the high emotion of the scene depicted: the lone light of the ship before the crew loses sight of the sinking…

Vol. 10 is The Guide

This is a super-informal post- a set of impromptu thoughts as I sit here at my desk about my task for the past three weeks: reading up on middle level...

I just came into a slew (a huge box) of old Classics Illustrated comics... ...and I am totally digging the cover to HG Wells' "The War of the Worlds" from the mid-1950's.

Classics illustrated introduced millions of children to the world of celebrated works of literature in an accessible and memorable format : In a comic book form. At the time when comics usually meant superheroes and masked vigilantes, it was a daring move to publish the classics of world literature.