Classics Illustrated
NBM · 2008–2014 · 19 issues
About the series
A modern revival of the classic educational comic series, NBM's Classics Illustrated ran from 2008 to 2014 across 19 issues, adapting literary works into graphic-novel form. Editors and writers like Jim Salicrup, alongside legendary cartoonists Gahan Wilson (who both wrote and drew), Rick Geary, and Kyle Baker, brought fresh visual life to stories ranging from Poe's macabre tales to other canonical texts. The series mattered as a thoughtful, creator-driven update of a beloved concept, proving that literary comics could be both faithful to their sources and artistically ambitious.