Graphic Classics

Graphic Classics
The cover of Graphic Classics vol. 1: Edgar Allan Poe (first edition)
Publication information
Publisher	Eureka Productions
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	fantasy, adventure, horror, science fiction
Publication date	2002 – present
No. of issues	24
Creative team
Written by	Mort Castle, Andrea Grant, Mat Johnson, Rafael Nieves, Tom Pomplun, Christopher Priest, Jon Proudstar, Trina Robbins, Alex Simmons, Richard Van Camp
Artist(s)	Gerry Alanguilan, Arnold Arre, Gabrielle Bell, M. K. Brown, John Coulthart, Maxon Crumb, Robert Crumb, Anton Emdin, Hunt Emerson, Shary Flenniken, Rick Geary, Stephen Hickman, Matt Howarth, Molly Kiely, Milton Knight, Peter Kuper, Roger Langridge, Terry LaBan, Keith Mallett, Michael Manning, Cynthia Martin, Mark Nelson, Alex Niño, Spain Rodriguez, Nestor Redondo, Johnny Ryan, Tom Sutton, Brad Teare, Carlo Vergara, Trevor Von Eeden, Skip Williamson, S. Clay Wilson, Ashley Wood
Editor(s)	Tom Pomplun

Graphic Classics is a comic book anthology series published by Eureka Productions of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Graphic Classics features adaptations of literary classics by authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Allan Poe, with art by top professionals, many of whom hail from the underground or alternative comics world. Created and edited by Tom Pomplun, the series began publication in 2002.

Designed for ages 12 and up, 22 of the Graphic Classics volumes have been included in Diamond Comic Distributors list of recommended books for the American Library Association's Common Core Standards curricula.

Each Graphic Classic volume is 144 pages.

Graphic Classics was an outgrowth of Rosebud, a literary journal co-founded by Pomplun which also included comics. In 2002, Pomplun left Rosebud to start Graphic Classics. Because of budget restrictions, one of the first decisions Pomplun made was to restrict adaptations in the series to works in the public domain (e.g., those published before 1923).

The series started out in black-and-white; with vol. #17 (Science Fiction Classics, 2009) the books began being printed with full-color interior pages. Most volumes contain at least a few reprint of comics adaptations published by other companies, some going as far back as the 1970s. Six of the first eight volumes are in second editions (with the first volume, on Edgar Allan Poe, in its fourth edition), often with additional material than in the first edition.

Graphic Classics vol 6: Ambrose Bierce was nominated for the 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.