tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post2741341745221675146..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: Classics IllustratedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-90620475267071993502011-07-19T23:52:06.354-07:002011-07-19T23:52:06.354-07:00I have that CI of "Crime and Punishment"...I have that CI of "Crime and Punishment" and it's by far my favorite. I also loved all the "Now Age Illustrated" adaptations. The NAI version of "Crime and Punishment" adapted the book very differently (more 3rd person and event-driven), while the CI version was more intense and emotionally focused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-63938679092124218142011-07-16T13:02:23.478-07:002011-07-16T13:02:23.478-07:00Well, I Googled "columbo porfiry" and go...Well, I Googled "columbo porfiry" and got page after page of hits. Apparently it's widely acknowledged that the character of Columbo was indeed based on Porfiry Petrovich -- and on G. K. Chesterton's detective-priest Father Brown. Gotta love the internets!<br /><br />As long as we're talking about books -- everyone should read some Chesterton. The Man Who Was Thursday is a masterpiece. I've read it four or five times. The Napoleon of Notting Hill is highly entertaining, and the Father Brown stories (though uneven in quality) are definitely worth reading.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-46181741390546122872011-07-16T12:35:37.054-07:002011-07-16T12:35:37.054-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09382387401832575999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-37167357162356893342011-07-16T12:34:57.632-07:002011-07-16T12:34:57.632-07:00Pat: From an equally inveterate, though less disci...Pat: From an equally inveterate, though less disciplined reader: kudos!<br />I loved the "We Were There" series, too. Those and the Landamark books really made history come alive for me.<br /><br />CMN: Sorry, but I loved reading Moby Dick a a kid, later as a teenager, and still today. Nothing like it anywhere. Loved the CI comic and the movie as a kid, too.)<br /><br />Anon: I'm almost positive that I read the Columbo owed quite a bit to Porfiry, though of course I can't remember where or when I read this...Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09382387401832575999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-10728563341730880362011-07-15T20:19:25.814-07:002011-07-15T20:19:25.814-07:00My 8th grade teacher kept Classics Illustrated in ...My 8th grade teacher kept Classics Illustrated in the class. thanks to her, I went on to read quite a few of the original books. As far as classics I can't fathom, even as a Dickens fan,I can't get through Pickwick. For anybody interested most of the original novels can probably be found at Project Gutenberg.Larry Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-26535019332333772312011-07-15T02:30:10.181-07:002011-07-15T02:30:10.181-07:00Jim, I read Two Years Before the Mast. There'...Jim, I read Two Years Before the Mast. There's an apartment complex in downtown San Francisco called the Richard Henry Dana apartments; in the 1980s it was pretty swanky.<br /><br />The Moonstone was terrific and the inspiration for countless comic stories about a stolen gem and the religious fanatics trying to get it back. The Prisoner of Zenda also inspired quite a few comic book plots.<br /><br />Another favorite was Men Against the Sea, the second in the Mutiny on the Bounty books, and the story of how Captain Bligh and his men made it back to civilization in essentially a large rowboat from the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-8040057265150635702011-07-14T16:58:01.518-07:002011-07-14T16:58:01.518-07:00I have the Edgar Allan Poe poetry collection and a...I have the Edgar Allan Poe poetry collection and a abridged "Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Beirce both illustrated by Gahan wilson from the early 90's. While search for info on these I came across a site that listed the Classics Illustrated comics http://www.tkinter.smig.net/ClassicsIllustrated/list.htm and Classics Illustrated are still being produced by a different company.Mark Hillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567880806058959239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-64555056292198874612011-07-14T16:40:53.260-07:002011-07-14T16:40:53.260-07:00That's pretty impressive. I consider myself fa...That's pretty impressive. I consider myself fairly well-read, but I can only claim to have read 50 or so of the books listed on that back cover -- some of them (e.g. The Moonstone) so long ago that I can barely remember them now.<br /><br />Two Years Before the Mast is a favorite of mine, but I've never met anyone else who's read it. On the other hand, I could never get more than a few chapters into any of Cooper's novels.<br /><br />I've sometimes wondered if Porfiry Petrovich (the police detective in Crime and Punishment) was a source for the character of TV's Columbo.<br /><br />-- JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-13913107066038250692011-07-14T13:20:34.406-07:002011-07-14T13:20:34.406-07:00For all Moby Dick readers everywhere, the Classics...For all Moby Dick readers everywhere, the Classics Illustrated version had to be more enjoyable.SM Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158601926579208041noreply@blogger.com