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thumb|right|300px|Logo for Pendulum's Now Age Books line In 1970, former Timely Comics editor-in-chief Vincent Fago was hired by Pendulum to produce the Pendulum Now Age Classics series, which were black-and-white paperback adaptations of literary classics. Specifically designed for classroom use, they used typeset instead of hand lettering, vocabulary appropriate for grade levels, and included word lists and questions at the back. Comics in the series were published from 1973–1980; the series ended with a selection of Shakespeare plays adapted into comics form.

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  • Pendulum Press
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  • thumb|right|300px|Logo for Pendulum's Now Age Books line In 1970, former Timely Comics editor-in-chief Vincent Fago was hired by Pendulum to produce the Pendulum Now Age Classics series, which were black-and-white paperback adaptations of literary classics. Specifically designed for classroom use, they used typeset instead of hand lettering, vocabulary appropriate for grade levels, and included word lists and questions at the back. Comics in the series were published from 1973–1980; the series ended with a selection of Shakespeare plays adapted into comics form.
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Status
  • Defunct
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Name
  • Pendulum Press
Genre
  • adaptations of literary classics
Type
  • publisher
Founder
  • David Oliphant
Title
  • Pendulum Press
Headquarters
  • West Haven, Connecticut
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Parent
  • Academic Industries, Inc.
ID
  • 1682(xsd:integer)
  • 2824(xsd:integer)
publications
  • Comics, Books
imprints
  • Pendulum Illustrated Original
  • Pendulum Now Age Classics Series
Founded
  • 1970(xsd:integer)
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  • thumb|right|300px|Logo for Pendulum's Now Age Books line In 1970, former Timely Comics editor-in-chief Vincent Fago was hired by Pendulum to produce the Pendulum Now Age Classics series, which were black-and-white paperback adaptations of literary classics. Specifically designed for classroom use, they used typeset instead of hand lettering, vocabulary appropriate for grade levels, and included word lists and questions at the back. From his studio in Bethel, Fago edited and handled production on the nearly one hundred titles in the series. Adaptations were handled by writers like Otto Binder, Naunerle Farr, Kin Platt, Irwin Shapiro, and Fago's son John Norwood Fago. After having difficulty finding American artists to illustrate the comics, Fago turned to Filipino artist Nestor Redondo, who offered to help recruit some of his fellow Filipino comics artists — these artists ended up illustrating almost every comic Pendulum produced. In addition to the work of Redondo, who illustrated more than 20 books in the series, the Pendulum Illustrated Classics featured the artwork of Alex Niño, Gerry Talaoc, Vicatan, Rudy Nebres, Jun Lofamia, Nestor Leonidez, and E. R. Cruz. (Redondo's brothers Virgilio and Frank also illustrated books in the series.) Comics in the series were published from 1973–1980; the series ended with a selection of Shakespeare plays adapted into comics form.
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