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20 June 2021

Covering The Classics: The Unusual Suspects

In 2006 Penguin Classics began reissuing titles in their catalogue featuring cover art by notable comics artists. Below are some further covers issued after the initial launch of the Penguin Classics Deluxe series, which expanded the line-up of artists used (addressing the initial criticism from Dave Sim (Cerebus) that the choice of artists used consisted of "the usual suspects"). 

Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Cover art by Julie Doucet

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Cover art by Ivan Brunetti

James & The Giant Peach
by Ronald Dahl
Cover art by Jordan Crane

The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Cover art by Killoffer

White Noise
by Don DeLillo
Cover art by Michael Cho

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Cover art by Lillie Carre

Revolutionary Suicide
by Huey P. Newton
Cover art by Ho Che Anderson

Metamorphosis & Other Stories
by Franz Kafka
Cover art by Sammy Harkham