4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 796

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #796 Universal
Grade: 9.4
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Pedigree: File Copy
Certification #: 0911748010
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 1/26/2010
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline and Genevieve. 5/57 File Copy. Story back (great mural style cover).

Single best copy of just three graded to date. (4/12).

Additional background:

Madeline


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madeline is a children's book series written by Ludwig Bemelmans,[1] an Austrian[2] author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film. The adaptations are famous for having the closing line, first uttered by actress Ethel Barrymore in a play: "That's all there is; there isn't any more."[3] The first book in the series, Madeline, was published in 1939. It proved to be a success, and Bemelmans wrote many sequels to the original during the 1940s and 1950s. The series continues to this day, written by Bemelmans' grandson John Bemelmans-Marciano.

Books

The story takes place in a Catholic boarding school in Paris. Contrary to popular belief, the girls are not orphans. In the first book in the series, Madeline's "papa" sends her a dollhouse when she is ill. Also, the girls all go to visit their parents in the Christmas book.

The books all start with the line "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines ...". The story is written entirely in rhyme, and the simple themes of daily life appeal to children.

The original series of Madeline books written by Ludwig Bemelmans has six books:
Madeline - Madeline gets appendicitis and must go to the hospital to have her appendix removed[5]
Madeline's Rescue - Madeline falls off a bridge and is rescued by a stray dog who joins her school.[5] Winner of the 1954 Caldecott Medal
Madeline and the Bad Hat - The Spanish Ambassador moves in next door, and Madeline assumes his son Pepito is mean and spoiled[5]
Madeline in London - Madeline and Pepito travel around the city of London[5]
Madeline and the Gypsies - Madeline and Pepito run away to join a group of traveling gypsies[5]
Madeline's Christmas - Madeline celebrates Christmas with her friends
  
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