{"product_id":"9780228103349","title":"Graphic Witness","description":"\u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"If you care about graphic novels, you need this book.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  -- New York Times \u003ci\u003ebestselling author Neil Gaiman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eGraphic Witness\u003c\/i\u003e features rare wordless novels by five great twentieth century woodcut artists from Europe and North America. The stories they tell reflect the political and social issues of their times as well as the broader issues that are still relevant today.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Frans Masereel (1899-1972) was born in Belgium and is considered the father of the wordless graphic novel. \u003ci\u003eGraphic Witness\u003c\/i\u003e includes the first reprint of his classic work \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of a Man\u003c\/i\u003e since its 1918 publication in Munich. American Lynd Ward (1905-85), author of the provocative \u003ci\u003eWild Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e, is considered among the most important of wordless novelists. Giacomo Patri (1898-1978) was born in Italy and lived in the United States. His \u003ci\u003eWhite Collar\u003c\/i\u003e featured an introduction by Rockwell Kent and was used a promotional piece by the labor movement. Erich Glas's (1897-1973) haunting wordless novel \u003ci\u003eLeilot\u003c\/i\u003e, created in 1942, foreshadows the Holocaust, which was not widely known about at the time. \u003ci\u003eSouthern Cross\u003c\/i\u003e by Canadian Laurence Hyde (1914-87) was controversial for its criticism of U.S. H-bomb testing in the South Pacific.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Author George A. Walker draws on his expertise as a woodcut artist to provide insight into the tools and techniques used to create these works of art. As well, he examines the importance of the role of artists as witnesses and critics of their times, and the influence of the genre on the emergence of comics and the modern graphic novel.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  This newly expanded edition of Graphic Witness, which features an afterword by cartoonist Seth, will appeal to readers interested in social issues, printmaking, art history and contemporary culture.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George A. Walker (CA), Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward","offers":[{"title":"Firefly Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2021-11-17","offer_id":46011341406463,"sku":"9780228103349","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fed4b96d-46f1-4c13-bd76-9e8eee8a3376.jpg?v=1723051485","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780228103349","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}