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1. Josh Flanagan (@jaflanagan) says:

   March 10, 2008 at 6:49 pm

   I see one person pulled this.  Are they any good?

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2. dandoody says:

   March 10, 2008 at 9:24 pm

   Make that 2 people now.  I didn’t buy the first batch of Marvel Classics (might pick up one or two of the HCs) but I have been picking up the recent ones.  I haven’t read through my issues of The Illiad yet (life and a contract job keep interrupting, perhaps over coffee tomorrow), but so far The Picture of Dorian Gray mini is good, and I really liked the first issue in the Moby Dick series.  Roy Thomas as an old school comic writer knows how to pack a lot of story into one issue, so each is a solid adaptation of the original, although some of the major themes, sub-texts, allusions, etc do get glossed over (obviously).  If you’re looking for an analogy–imagine some poor English major (easy, as I’m a former one myself) taking a mid-term having read only the Marvel Classic adaptation, I’d wager he/she would probably do pretty well on the multiple-choice section but flounder on the essay portion.

    

   As a side note, there’s a really great Classics Illustrated version of Moby Dick from the early 90s with mind-blowing art by Bill Sienkiewicz–it’s easily one of my all-time favorite one-shot books.

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3. edward says:

   March 11, 2008 at 2:25 am

   i’m reading the book right now. if you like flowery out-dated prose… this book is for you

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