The Call of the Wild

Pendulum Press’s 1973 adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel, The Call of the Wild, was a single-issue comic that brought the story of Buck the dog to a new generation of readers. Writer Kin Platt and artist Fred Carrillo collaborated to distill London’s original prose into a visual narrative, part of the publisher’s line of literary adaptations designed for young audiences. This concise, standalone work remains a notable example of how comics can introduce enduring literature to a broader readership.