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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781906814410 |
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Publisher: | Classics Illustrated Comics |
Publication date: | 09/15/2015 |
Series: | Classics Illustrated , #18 |
Pages: | 48 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.10(d) |
Age Range: | 12 - 18 Years |
About the Author
GEOFFREY BIGGS was born in London, England, but went through high school in America, and studied at the Grand Central School of Art. Among his teachers were Arthur Woeffle, Arshile Gorky, and Harvey Dunn.Biggs’s highly detailed and realistic work was first published in Collier’s, where it attracted wide attention, and was soon followed by commissions from most other periodicals, including The Saturday Evening Post, True, Liberty, Woman’s Home Companion, Coronet, Pic, and Good Housekeeping, as well as from many major and minor advertising agencies in New York. In addition, Biggs found time to exhibit at the Society of Illustrators and at the Midtown Galleries in New York.
NORMAN NODEL (Nochem Yeshaya) was a noted artist and illustrator of children's books and magazines. Nodel began his illustrious career as a field artist in the army, drawing military maps during World War II. After the war, he pursued a successful career as an artist in a variety of styles, notably illustrating a great many issues in the famous 'Classics Illustrated' series in the 1950s. In the 1940s, he had previously been an assistant to George Marcoux, and he has done comic book art for True Comics and Sun Publications.His contributions to 'Classics Illustrated' varied from 'Ivanhoe' to 'Faust' and 'The Invisible Man'. He was also a regular on Charlton's teen, horror and romance titles of the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s he contributed to the Warren magazines Eerie and Creepy, using the pen name Donald Norman.During the last twelve years of his life, Mr. Norman Nodel devoted a major amount of his time and energy to illustrating books and magazines specifically for Jewish children, which gave him great pleasure and satisfaction. Norman Nodel worked to the last day of his life. He died on the 25th of February, 2000.
NORMAN NODEL (Nochem Yeshaya) was a noted artist and illustrator of children's books and magazines. Nodel began his illustrious career as a field artist in the army, drawing military maps during World War II. After the war, he pursued a successful career as an artist in a variety of styles, notably illustrating a great many issues in the famous 'Classics Illustrated' series in the 1950s. In the 1940s, he had previously been an assistant to George Marcoux, and he has done comic book art for True Comics and Sun Publications.His contributions to 'Classics Illustrated' varied from 'Ivanhoe' to 'Faust' and 'The Invisible Man'. He was also a regular on Charlton's teen, horror and romance titles of the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s he contributed to the Warren magazines Eerie and Creepy, using the pen name Donald Norman.During the last twelve years of his life, Mr. Norman Nodel devoted a major amount of his time and energy to illustrating books and magazines specifically for Jewish children, which gave him great pleasure and satisfaction. Norman Nodel worked to the last day of his life. He died on the 25th of February, 2000.
Date of Birth:
September 21, 1866Date of Death:
August 13, 1946Place of Birth:
Bromley, Kent, EnglandPlace of Death:
London, EnglandEducation:
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Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Chapter I The Strange Man's Arrival 9
Chapter II Mr Teddy Henfrey's First Impressions 17
Chapter III The Thousand and One Bottles 24
Chapter IV Mr Cuss Interviews the Stranger 31
Chapter V The Burglary at the Vicarage 39
Chapter VI The Furniture That Went Mad 43
Chapter VII The Unveiling of the Stranger 49
Chapter VIII In Transit 60
Chapter IX Mr Thomas Marvel 61
Chapter X Mr Marvel's Visit to Iping 69
Chapter XI In the Coach and Horses 73
Chapter XII The Invisible Man Loses His Temper 78
Chapter XIII Mr Marvel Discusses His Resignation 85
Chapter XIV At Port Stowe 89
Chapter XV The Man Who Was Running 97
Chapter XVI In the Jolly Cricketers 100
Chapter XVII Doctor Kemp's Visitor 106
Chapter XVIII The Invisible Man Sleeps 117
Chapter XIX Certain First Principles 123
Chapter XX At the House in Great Portland Street 130
Chapter XXI In Oxford Street 143
Chapter XXII In the Emporium 150
Chapter XXIII In Drury Lane 158
Chapter XXIV The Plan that Failed 170
Chapter XXV The Hunting of the Invisible Man 176
Chapter XXVI The Wicksteed Murder 179
Chapter XXVII The Siege of Kemp's House 185
Chapter XXVIII The Hunter Hunted 197
The Epilogue 205
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"Masterfully portrayed by Scott Brick-each of his characterizations is an actorly tour de force-The Invisible Man fascinates and mesmerizes, until it's gone." -AudioFile
Reading Group Guide
A gripping and entertaining tale of terror and suspense as well as a potent Faustian allegory of hubris and science run amok, The Invisible Man endures as one of the signature stories in the literature of science fiction. A brilliant scientist uncovers the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder. The inspiration for countless imitations and film adaptations, The Invisible Man is as remarkable and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago. As Arthur C. Clarke points out in his Introduction, “The interest of the story . . . lies not in its scientific concepts, but in the brilliantly worked out development of the theme of invisibility. If one could be invisible, then what?”