Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for July 20, 2013
July 19, 2013
July 21, 2013
Transcript:
Dad: What do you have there, Baldo? Baldo: I'm reading a graphic novel. Dad: When I was young, our novels were never graphic. Tia Carmen: Nancy Drew kissed a boy, once.
I have a Classic Comics version of Ginsberg’s “Howl”. Wish I could find it. It’s been in the basement for years, so it’s probably more than a little musty.
Classics Illustrated was not allowed. They were garbage reading, better to read the original. Perhaps that’s why in second grade I was reading at the end of the SRA reading box instead of the front like everyone else, by 5th grade I was reading grown up books (no, not that kind of “adult book” ). Maybe that’s why I can read a book in a couple of hours that takes my husband, who read Classics Illustrated months to read.
prasrinivara almost 11 years ago
Actually, graphic novels existed in “Classic Illustrated” comics (titles I’ve read: Ivanhoe, Ben Hur, Silas Marner) even before Sergio was born.
I remember owning two of these titles 42 years ago (and reading the third one — the one by George Elliott — 37 years ago).
sbchamp almost 11 years ago
Rob’t Rodriguez approves!
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Good for you Baldo!
bevgrey almost 11 years ago
I have a Classic Comics version of Ginsberg’s “Howl”. Wish I could find it. It’s been in the basement for years, so it’s probably more than a little musty.
QuietStorm27 almost 11 years ago
Now graphic novels are another name for comic books, my son reads them.
danlarios almost 11 years ago
playboy
peconpie almost 11 years ago
Those “Classics Illustrated” comics helped me in many of my book reports back in the 1940s.
archangel2244 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
They would call them funny books like my parents did.
mafastore almost 11 years ago
Classics Illustrated was not allowed. They were garbage reading, better to read the original. Perhaps that’s why in second grade I was reading at the end of the SRA reading box instead of the front like everyone else, by 5th grade I was reading grown up books (no, not that kind of “adult book” ). Maybe that’s why I can read a book in a couple of hours that takes my husband, who read Classics Illustrated months to read.