Showing posts with label Famous Authors Illustrated. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Famous Authors Illustrated. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary with His GREATEST Tale in Comic Form: Romeo & Juliet!

Yeah, his anniversary was on the 23rd, but we publish on Wednesday!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

ROMEO & JULIET Conclusion

You really expected me to paraphrase Shakespeare?
Geez, I'm not that egotistical!
Verily, let us returneth to the tale...
This it not the Classics Illustrated version, but part of the Famous Authors Illustrated series that competed with CI for the "comic book adaptation of classics" market for several years.
This particular edition, from Famous Authors Illustrated #10 (1950), was adapted by St John romance comics scribe Dana Dutch and illustrated by longtime CI contributor H C Kiefer!
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

And now a word from out sponsor...

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

ROMEO & JULIET Part 2

Verily, things doth not be copacetic in Verona!
Pray, let us behold the love-smitten swain and the lovely object of his affections ...
Verily, ye didn't know Shakespeare invented the soap opera, dids't thou?
This it not the Classics Illustrated version, but part of the Famous Authors Illustrated series that competed with CI for the "comic book adaptation of classics" market for several years.
The Famous Authors line was doing pretty well, so Classics did what any business would do when faced by a successful competitor...they eliminated the competiton by buying the company!
This particular edition, from Famous Authors Illustrated #10 (1950), was adapted by St John romance comics scribe Dana Dutch and illustrated by longtime CI contributor H C Kiefer!
Next week:
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Please don't give away the ending!)

And now a word from out sponsor...

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

ROMEO & JULIET Part 1

With the recent return of All My Children and One Life to Live...
...what else could I do except present the greatest love story of all time?
Plus, if any of you need a crash course in Shakespeare's classic for finals...here it is!
Don't you just hate when that happens?
This it not the Classics Illustrated version, but part of the Famous Authors Illustrated series that competed with CI for the "comic book adaptation of classics" market for several years.
The Famous Authors line was doing pretty well, so Classics did what any business would do when faced by a successful competitor...they eliminated the competiton by buying the company!
This particular edition, from Famous Authors Illustrated #10 (1950), was adapted by St John romance comics scribe Dana Dutch and illustrated by longtime CI contributor H C Kiefer!
Next week:
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Please don't give away the ending!)

And now a word from out sponsor...