Stories!

This comic book published by K. K. Publications, Inc. in 1942 is of interest:

I hear tell that it contains an adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," but I don't know anything about it.

The cover is one of those "infinity" types, as Santa is holding a copy of the comic book, which shows him holding a copy of the comic book and that shows him holding a copy of the comic book, ad infinitum!

Magoo!

Not sure of the source of this:

Fun seeing all the ghosts together!

How Sweet It Is!

This one from Sweet Cherry Publishing has very intriguing artwork:

More info at the Sweet Cherry website.

The artwork reminds me of something. Ren & Stimpy, maybe?

How about Haggis MacHaggis?

Fun fact: Haggis was voiced by Alan Young, sounding very much like Scrooge McDuck!

Another!

Has anyone seen this modernized version of a "Christmas Carol" from 1964?

I did and just didn't find it entertaining, despite enjoying other work from many of the participants. (Hey, producer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz produced MGM's "A Christmas Carol" from 1938!)

Kind of dated and preachy.

Chalk it up to it not being meant for people to watch 57 years later!

As for a Scrooge stand-in named "Grudge," give me "Green Chri$tma$" by Stan Freberg - that's still relevant 63 years later!

Puzzling!

This is intriguing...

It's an edition of "A Christmas Carol" using emoji to make kind of a rebus.

Here's a sample page:

Fun!

More info at the Vaikon website.

Creepy!

Here's the odd (and creepy looking) cover to a kids' record from 1978:

Scrooge looks like a zombie that rose out of that grave!

And Tiny Tim appears to have a broken leg. Wouldn't that just heal by next Christmas and he'd be all set?

At least it's very 1970s!

Royale!

Here's something on which I'd like to get my mitts, or at least be able to hear:

Gotta keep searching!

More Stamps!

Another self-governing British dependency, in this case Jersey, issued its own set of Dickens stamps in 2020, this time including a number of his most popular works:

These look pretty modern!

Marley's Ghost most reminds me of Jason Alexander's character from the 2004 musical TV movie!

Stamps!

Here's a recent set of stamps issued by Isle of Man in November 2020 to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens: 

Can't go wrong with the original John Leech illustrations!

Japanese!

This Japanese edition published in 1999 by Shinchosha has an interesting cover:

That 's a mischievous Ghost of Christmas Past leading Scrooge. I guess the toys represent Scrooge's childhood?

I'm sure some foreign language editions use illustration from other editions, but I haven't seen this cover art elsewhere.

More Italian!

This Italian edition also has an interesting cover:

Oh, and I think I'd go with Julius LaRosa. Less shtick!

Smoking Bishop!

Here's one of innumerable cheap (I think one shilling was cheap!) editions of "A Christmas Carol" from the 1800s:

I'm presuming it's a knock-off, but it's pretty brazen, even using one of John Leech's illustrations on the cover!

One thing I always thought was interesting about that particular image is that the scene depicted is not actually in the book.

Scrooge tells Bob that they'll discuss his affairs over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, which is what they seem to be doing here, but it hadn't happened yet in the book.

And I've always wondered what Scrooge is supposed to be wearing here!

Happy Labor Day!

 

More Spanish!

A lot of editions translated into other languages have fun covers, such as this one:

I think that's pretty cool! Good job, Sergio Mora!

Interestingly, the website where you can buy this book indicates that it contains the original* illustrations by John Leech, which you'd never suspect based on the cover art!

*When I first tried to type the word "original," I was so far off that the spell checker thought I meant "doornail" as in "dead as..." Fun!

Not As Timely!

Here's a more traditional meeting:

It's apparently from 1899, but I'm not sure of the source or artist (Cooke?).