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

Covering The Classics: The Usual Suspects

In 2006 Penguin Classics began reissuing titles in their catalogue featuring cover art by notable comics artists. Below are some covers from the initial launch of the Penguin Classics Deluxe series, which at the time drew criticism from Dave Sim (Cerebus) for the choice of artists being "the usual suspects". 

The New York Trilogy

by Paul Auster

Cover art by Art Spiegelman

The Portable Dorothy Parker

by Dorothy Parker

Cover art by Seth

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D.H. Lawrence

Cover art by Chester Brown

Candide

by Francois Voltaire 

Cover art by Chris Ware

Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

Cover art by Frank Miller

The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

Cover art by Charles Burns

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Cover art by Daniel Clowes

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

by Ken Kesey

Cover art by Joe Sacco

FURTHER READING:
Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
CBR: The Sublime Variant Covers of Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Editions