Library of America Lynd Ward Edition: Lynd Ward: Gods' Man, Madman's Drum, Wild Pilgrimage (LOA #210) (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from fundevogel

I'd never heard of Lynd Ward before I found this book, which is a shame. Ward was an artist/illustrator going back to the 1920's and is credited with being one of the fathers of the American graphic novel. This book collects Ward's first three novels, the first of which was published less than a ...

from burnit99

Will Eisner has been called the father of the graphic novel. That title more properly belongs to Lynd Ward, although as a beginning artist he was inspired by a German graphic novel by Frans Masereel, "Die Sonne" ("The Sun"), the story of a modern Icarus. Lynd Ward, in addition to a fine tradition...

from fundevogel

I'd never heard of Lynd Ward before I found this book, which is a shame. Ward was an artist/illustrator going back to the 1920's and is credited with being one of the fathers of the American graphic novel. This book collects Ward's first three novels, the first of which was published less than a ...

from laytonwoman3rd

This graphic novel was published in 1930; over the course of 8 years Lynd Ward produced six of these wordless novels, an amazing accomplishment. The story begins with a slave trader murdering an African native and taking the man's drum, which is engraved with a demonic face. The trader returns ho...