Lillian Chestney

[2] During World War II, Chestney's husband Stanley Zuckerberg was in the XXI Bomber Command's 58th Bombardment Wing.

It was questioned if Chestney or the inker, Fred Eng, had intended on portraying pubic hair or a shadow above the jinn's loincloth.

To avoid the controversy the Gilberton Company, Inc. (a later corporate identity of Classic Comics) removed the black blotch when the issue was reprinted in 1944.

[12] This revision has been criticized for lacking much of the charm in Chestney's adaptation and the form was strictly dictated by the editors with a structure of four or five panels a page.

The Signet Classic edition of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy commissioned Chestney for a cover painting in 1964.

[1][2] Later in life Chestney painted waterfront scenes of Nova Scotia and New England, based upon the vacations she had taken there with her husband.

[2][12] A few of her works are: Chestney contributions were recognized in commercial arts when she won the award from the Society of Illustrators for Best Advertisement of 1948.

Lilian Chesney, "Arabian Nights," Classic Comics issue #8
Lilian Chesney, "Gulliver's Travels," Classic Comics issue #16, December 1943