Gulliver's Travels

Original art for Classics Illustrated, 1960.

Undated illustration.

Movie poster, 1939.

Sherlock Holmes

The famous British detective depicted on some comic book covers.

Four Color #1245, January 1962.

Classic Illustrated #33, 1947. Cover art by H.C. Kiefer.

Mad #7, Oct-Nov 1953. Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman.

Sherlock Holmes #1, Oct. 1975. Cover art by Walt Simonson.

R is for Romance

Love Stories #150, July 1973.

First Love Illustrated #12, May 1951.

Heart Throbs #90, July 1964.

I Love You #126, October 1979.

My Love #1, September 1969. Cover by Johnny Romita.

Young Love #107, January 1974. Cover art by Nick Cardy.

Underwater Kiss by Ser Leone, n.d.

Classics Illustrated #134, Romeo and Juliet, 1969. Cover art by Edvard Moritz.

The Kiss by Tom Lovell, n.d.

The Scarlet Letter, 1926.

L is for Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln!


Picture Stories From American History #4, 1947.


Lincoln's First Inaugural Address by Dean Cornwell, n.d.


Plastic figure of Abraham Lincoln, by Marx Toys.


Abraham Lincoln by Winsor McCay, n.d.



Abraham Lincoln by Jack Davis. From the book Meet Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Cary, 1965.

See the rest of Davis' exquisite illustrations for this book at Bostworld.


Classics Illustrated #142, 1958.



Original art for the cover of the above comic.



Dell Giant, March 1958.



The Flash #210. Nov. 1971. Cover art by Murphy Anderson.



The Owl #2. 1968.

Gothic Romance Covers

I've been enjoying the blog Women Running From Houses. So here's some gothic romance art:




Art by Geoffrey Biggs for Wuthering Heights, Classics Illustrated #59, 1949.




Wuthering Heights paperback cover art by Robert McGinnis.




Cover art by Arthur Sarnoff for unknown romance book.




The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #3, February 1972. Cover art by Jeff Jones.




Cover for The Silent Place by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, 1969. Art by George Gross.




Cover for Besides, the Wench is Dead by Margaret Erskine. Art by Harry Barton.




Another cover by Harry Barton.




Cover art for The Winds of Night by Anne Maybury, 1963. Unknown artist.

Science Fiction Classics Illustrated

Some covers for Classics Illustrated, with a science-fiction theme.



The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Classics Illustrated #124, 1955.




From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Classics Illustrated #105, 1953.




The Atomic Age. Classics Illustrated #156, 1960.

Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday. February 12, 2009.

Classics Illustrated #142, 1958.



Original art for the cover of the above comic.



Dell Giant, March 1958.



The Flash #210. Nov. 1971, DC Comics. Cover art by Murphy Anderson.



The Owl #2. 1968, Gold Key Comics.