<i>Classic Comics No. 16: Gulliver's Travels</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: Gilberton Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This issue of <i>Classic Comics</i> contained an adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel <i>Gulliver’s Travels</i>, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in December 1943. Daniel Kushner adapted the novel into comic book form, and Lillian Chesney drew the cover art. The cover depicts Lemuel Gulliver during his voyage to Lilliput, a land filled with people just six inches tall. First published in 1726, <i>Gulliver’s Travels</i> was a satirical take on the “travelers tale,” while also commenting on British politics, religious differences, and the true nature of humanity.
label: Description
content: <i>Classic Comics</i> was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. <i>Classic Comics</i> was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 <i>Classic Comics</i> became <i>Classics Illustrated</i>. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Literature
label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.046
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.046
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm