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Penguin Classics Get Comical

Chris Mohney · 09/15/06 08:30AM

As part of its general de-stuff-ifying of its Penguin Classics line of canonical reprints, certain of the "deluxe" titles in Penguin's catalog have received pretty unconventional covers illustrated by alterna-comics artists. In addition to this lovely version of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle with flensed cow head by Charles Burns, check out Chris Ware's take on Voltaire's Candide after the jump.