Rip Van Winkle: 83 (Classics Illustrated) - Softcover

Washington Irving

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911238566 ISBN 13: 9781911238560

Publisher: Classic Comic Store Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed.

Also includes Irving’s chilling tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, featuring the adventures of Ichabod Crane and the terrifying headless horseman!

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

About this title

About the Authors

Washington Irving (3 April 1783- 28 November 1859) was an American short-story writer, historian and diplomat of the early 19th Century, He was one of the first American writers to find acclaim in Europe.

Norman Nodel began his illustrious career as a field artist in the army, drawing military maps during World War II. His association with Classics Illustrated began in 1954 and his first work was an adaptation of Van Tilburg Clark’s classic, The Ox-Bow Incident. His catalogue within the CI series is vast.

John Parker (1917-2004) was an American artist who started illustrating magazines and painted covers in the 1940s. He began to paint covers for Classics Illustrated Comics in 1956 and eventually taught illustration at the Ivy School of Professional Art.

From the Back Cover

In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed. Also includes Irving’s chilling tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Classic Comic Store Ltd
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911238566
• ISBN 13: 9781911238560
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Norman Nodel, John Parker
• Number of pages: 48