The Facts Everyone Should Know Test

[marlon]

Babar was more my speed.

HA Babar, is that an elephant who was king ?
If so, i know that tv series

marlon

 

[Evo]

HA Babar, is that an elephant who was king ?
If so, i know that tv series

marlon

Oy, there was no tv show when I was little. Yes, he became king and married his cousin Celeste. http://www.babar.com/

 

[marlon]

Oy, there was no tv show when I was little. Yes, he became king and married his cousin Celeste. http://www.babar.com/

yep i know that guy.

When i was about 10 (16 years ago :shy: ) it was a very popular TV series.

marlon

 

[mathwonk]

i was foirtunate and grew up in the golden age of comic books. there was a sewries called classics comics, later classic illkustrated that published wonderful comic book versions of many great classics like moby dick and les miserables, count of monte cristo, etc, arabian nights...much later i actually read the "originals", in translation, and loved them even more. well i never made it thorugh all 13 volumes or so of richard burtons arabian nights, and besides a lot of it is offensive, but i read a lot.it is amazing how skillfully the classic comic of say monte cristo, covered in 64 pages the main events of almost the whole 1400 page book.

the moby dick comic was very entertaining too, and well and amusingly illustrated, whereas the book itself is tedious for many persons, although i happen to like reading the work of a brilliant writer and craftsman with words.

later the pedants pointed out that the comic books changed the original to make it more fun in many cases, and started a campaign to make the comics more faithful, ( probably so their moron children could use them as cliffs notes) but less violent.

of course they then became boring and justifiably went out of existence.

check out this original cover for jekyl and hyde.

http://www.classicscentral.com/cc13.htm

now that was a real comic book.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

it is amazing how skillfully the classic comic of say monte cristo, covered in 64 pages the main events of almost the whole 1400 page book.

I read that comic as a child and then read the book as an adult. Although there was a 35 year gap between the two readings, I could still see the images from the illustrated version when I read the book. Well, it has been called a children's book.