Graphic Witness

Graphic Witness

2007 • 423 pages

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This is a very nice compilation volume if you are interested in early to mid 20th century woodcut novels. I think this was my favorite of the Lynd Ward ones I've read (although Gods Man has the advantage of being a very simple story to follow; here the art is better, and I kind of like the quality the more complicated ones have of not being easily translatable into words), and the Patri and Hyde ones are also excellent (the Masereel one seems more primitive but it was clearly influential on the rest), and there are thoughtful short essays accompanying the selection.

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