Classics Illustrated No. 2: Oliver Twist

Classics Illustrated No. 2:
Oliver Twist
By Charles Dickens

This is the second adaptation of this particular story that was scripted by Alfred Sundel for Classics Illustrated.

Sundel did a good job of condensing what's most likely Dickens' most well known story these days.

Oliver Twist's been adapted into films, musicals and the devil only knows what down the years, and those adaptations have tended to lessen the harsher elements that are present in the original book so it's curiously pleasing that this comic adaptation doesn't necessarily shy away from them.

The art is by Reed Crandall and George Evans. The latter no slouch in the artistic department but Crandall was truly a master at drawing this kind of period detail.

It's top notch throughout, detailed but in subservience to the storytelling. An excellent little read and certainly worth picking up.

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