Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving (3 April 1783- 28 November 1859) was an American short-story writer, historian and diplomat of the early 19th Century, He was one of the first American writers to find acclaim in Europe. Norman Nodel began his illustrious career as a field artist in the army, drawing military maps during World War II. His association with Classics Illustrated began in 1954 and his first work was an adaptation of Van Tilburg Clark's classic, The Ox-Bow Incident. His catalogue within the CI series is vast. John Parker (1917-2004) was an American artist who started illustrating magazines and painted covers in the 1940s. He began to paint covers for Classics Illustrated Comics in 1956 and eventually taught illustration at the Ivy School of Professional Art.