How I Learned About Great Literature from Comic Books
Over the course of 169 issues, Classics Illustrated gave me a taste for mind-expanding reading that lasted a lifetime
My childhood nostalgia is different from others.
When in sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I don’t mull over madeleine cookies or a sled called Rosebud. I don’t even lament the time Mom threw out all my baseball cards—probably worth a small fortune today.
But I do wax nostalgic for my old Classics Illustrated comic books—a now …
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