Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French
author best remembered as the writer of "Les Mis�rables", and
"Notre-Dame de Paris" (or "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"). American
comics artist GERALD MCCANN contributed to the legendary Classics
Illustrated series. McCann illustrated the adaptation of Alexandre
Dumas's 'The Conspiritors', Jules Verne's 'Off on a Comet' and
Francis Parkman's 'The Conspiracy of Pontiac' between in 1959 and
1960. He also cooperated on several special issues of the
collection, such as 'Crossing the Rockies', 'Royal Canadian Mounted
Police' and 'Men, Guns and Cattle'. NORMAN NODEL (Nochem Yeshaya)
was a noted artist and illustrator of children's books and
magazines. Nodel began his illustrious career as a field artist in
the army, drawing military maps during World War II. After the war,
he pursued a successful career as an artist in a variety of styles,
notably illustrating a great many issues in the famous 'Classics
Illustrated' series in the 1950s. In the 1940s, he had previously
been an assistant to George Marcoux, and he has done comic book art
for True Comics and Sun Publications.
His contributions to 'Classics Illustrated' varied from 'Ivanhoe'
to 'Faust' and 'The Invisible Man'. He was also a regular on
Charlton's teen, horror and romance titles of the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1960s he contributed to the Warren magazines Eerie and
Creepy, using the pen name Donald Norman.
During the last twelve years of his life, Mr. Norman Nodel devoted
a major amount of his time and energy to illustrating books and
magazines specifically for Jewish children, which gave him great
pleasure and satisfaction. Norman Nodel worked to the last day of
his life. He died on the 25th of February, 2000.
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