Gods' Man

Author: Lynd Ward
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486435008
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free "woodcut" narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s. The intricate woodcuts transcend all barriers of language, and fresh details reward the eye with every review. 139 black-and-white illustrations.

Vertigo

Author: Lynd Ward
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486468895
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
In this moving graphic novel without words, one of the finest artists of the 20th century uses 230 intricately detailed woodcuts to tell a dramatic tale of the Great Depression. A young girl who longs to be an accomplished violinist and a boy who hopes to become a builder find their dreams shattered by desperate economic times.

Destiny

Author: Otto Nückel
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486139824
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
This wordless graphic novel tells its socially charged story through 188 stark, arresting images. Open to endless interpretations, the tragic, often violent, story of a young girl unfolds through 17 chapters.

The Silver Pony

Author: Lynd Ward
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395643778
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Recounts without words the adventures of a boy and his winged horse.

The Biggest Bear

Author: Lynd Ward
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395148068
Category : Bear hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Johnny sets out to kill a big bear but befriends him instead.

Wild Pilgrimage

Author: Lynd Ward
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486465838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Wordlessly tells the story of a man trapped in an industrial world, struggling between the grim reality around him and the fantasies his imagination creates.--From publisher description.

German Expressionist Woodcuts

Author: Shane Weller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134113
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
Over 100 works by Beckmann, Feininger, Kirchner, Kollwitz, Nolde, Marc, and others. Distorted, stylized forms embody revolutionary mood of the early 20th century. Introduction. Captions. Notes on artists.

Illustrated by Lynd Ward

Author: Robert Dance
Publisher: Grolier Club
ISBN: 9781605830629
Category : Illustrators
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Lie and How We Told It

Author: Tommi Parrish
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 168396067X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
A friendship fumbles and falls apart after an uncertain encounter in this graphic novel from a remarkable new voice. Parrish’s emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is is a visual tour de force, always in the service of the author’s themes: navigating queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-in-flux state of friendships.

The Sun

Author: Frans Masereel
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Created by the acclaimed wood-engraver Frans Masereel, this inspiring book takes the form of a novel-without-words, its story unfolding through a cycle of woodcuts. The Sun explores our fragile relationship with destiny, the dilemma of an individual struggling with his sense of purpose.