Comments on: Geary’s Great Expectations

By: Bravo, Papercutz! » Comics Worth Reading

Bravo, Papercutz! » Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:01:34 +0000

[...] my coverage of the upcoming Great Expectations Classic Illustrated reprint, Ray asked a question about whether artist Rick Geary was getting paid [...]

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STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: January 10th, 2008 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:13:31 +0000

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By: Jim Kosmicki

Jim Kosmicki — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:17:51 +0000

Geary’s Great Expectations was one of their early adaptations, I believe. My recollection is that the creators who got screwed were the later adaptations (particularly the ones that were assigned and then not published by First because they stopped publishing). this probably included one of my favorites of their adaptations, Peter Kuper’s The Jungle.

The First version of Classics Illustrated did such a good job of finding artists that fit the mood of the works — I’m really glad to see them coming back into print.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:04:04 +0000

Oh, what an excellent question! I think I will ask the publisher about that.

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:37:15 +0000

My question: Many of the creators of First Comics were royally screwed when that operation went belly-up. As a result, I’d wonder if Geary was getting any sort of reprint money for this new edition. I’d be less interested if there’s no payments for the creators because of some hitch in the First situation.