Graphic Witness: Five Wordless Graphic Novels by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri, Erich Glas and Laurence Hyde Walker George A.

If you care about graphic novels, you need this book. The stories they tell reflect the political and social issues of their times as well as the broader issues that are still relevant today.Frans Masereel (1899-1972) was born in Belgium and is considered the father of the wordless graphic novel. -- New York Times bestselling author Neil GaimanGraphic Witness features rare wordless novels by five great twentieth century woodcut artists from Europe and North America.

American Lynd Ward (1905-85), author of the provocative Wild Pilgrimage, is considered among the most important of wordless novelists. Graphic Witness includes the first reprint of his classic work The Passion of a Man since its 1918 publication in Munich. Giacomo Patri (1898-1978) was born in Italy and lived in the United States. His White