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In 2007, Papercutz acquired the ''[[Classics Illustrated]]'' license and began publishing comic book adaptations of classic children's novels. Combining reprints of some of the original titles with new modern adaptations, contributors to the series include [[Rick Geary]], [[Kyle Baker]], [[Tom Mandrake]], [[Jill Thompson]], [[Dan Spiegle]], [[Peter Kuper]], [[Gahan Wilson]], [[Ricardo Villagrán]], [[Mike Vosburg]], and [[Mike Ploog]]. A second series, ''Classics Illustrated Deluxe'', features many French artists.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
From 2007–2010 Papercutz published a new series of original ''[[Tales from the Crypt (comics)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' comics. The first issue was published in June 2007, with a cover drawn by [[Kyle Baker]]. All three of [[EC Comics]]' "horror hosts" (The GhouLunatics) appear in the issue, drawn by [[Rick Parker (artist)|Rick Parker]]. Contributors to subsequent issues included well-known horror talents [[Joe R. Lansdale]] and his brother John L. Lansdale, [[Don McGregor]], husband and wife team [[James Romberger]] and Marguerite Van Cook, [[Mort Todd]], [[Neil Kleid]], [[Arie Kaplan]], and Chris Noeth. Controversy erupted in 2008 when U.S. vice presidential candidate [[Sarah Palin]] was featured on a cover, attacking the horror hosts with a hockey stick, published with a letter from [[William Gaines]]' daughter Cathy Gaines Mifsud commenting on censorship.<ref>Melrose, Kevin. [http://www.newsarama.com/1174-tales-from-the-crypt-vs-sarah-palin.html "Tales From the Crypt vs. Sarah Palin,"] ''Newsarama'' (2 October 2008).</ref> Papercutz published 13 issues (9 graphic novels) of ''Tales from the Crypt'', with the last issue being published September 28, 2010.
In 2009, Papercutz launched ''Papercutz Slices'', a
In July 2010, Papercutz began publishing ''[[The Smurfs (comics)|The Smurfs]]'' comics, translated by Joe Johnson. Debuting with a special preview comic that contained the story "The Smurfnapper," Papercutz has released a large number of ''Smurfs'' graphic novels to date. The success of ''The Smurfs'' prompted Papercutz to publish more English translations of such [[Bandes dessinées|Franco-Belgian comics]] series as ''[[Benoît Brisefer|Benny Breakiron]]'', ''Dance Class'', and ''Sybil the Backpack Fairy''.
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