Julius Caesar - Softcover

William Shakespeare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906814562 ISBN 13: 9781906814564

Publisher: Classic Comic Store Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Shakespeare’s wonderful historical play tells of the events leading up to the assassination of Roman leader and dictator, Julius Caesar, and its tumultuous aftermath, with Rome plunged into civil war!

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes a biography of Julius Caesar, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

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About the Author

William Shakespeare (c. 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, renowned by many as the world's greatest writer in the English Language. Among his plays are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth to name but a few.<br /><br />LEONARD BRANDT COLE had worked as art director for a lithography outfit, before entering the comic book field during the Golden Age in the early 1940's. He was mainly a cover illustrator for titles like Suspense Comics and Contact Comics. In his early work, he always used basic, flat colors and produced what he called poster color covers. Illustrating over 1500 covers, Cole drew everything from funny animals to superheroes to jungle girls and sci-fi. A science fiction fan, Cole would often slip rocket ships and ray guns onto books such as 'Captain Flight' and 'Contact Comics' which were supposed to be devoted to contemporary aviation.<br/><br/>As for interior artwork, Cole did pencils and/or inks on several features for Holyoke Publications, Gilberton and Farrell. Cole also published comic books through Star Publications, producing various crime, terror, jungle and romance titles in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was art director and editor at Dell Publishing in the early 1960s. He has mainly done commercial art and design from the mid 1960s onwards, working among others on audio-visuals for University Films.<br /><br />Reed Crandall was a prolific cartoonist and comics illustrator, and contributed to several comics sereis, including Classics Illustrated, for which he often teamed up with George Evans.<br /><br />George Evans was an American comics illustrator with a large number of credits to his name, including work for such comics publishers as Fiction House, Fawcett, EC Comics, DC Comics, Gold Key and several title adaptations for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Classic Comic Store Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906814562
• ISBN 13: 9781906814564
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Reed Crandall, George Evans, Leonard B. Cole
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48