The Sun (wordless novel)
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The Sun is a wordless novel by Flemish artist Frans Masereel, published in 1919. In sixty-three uncaptioned woodcut prints, the book is a contemporary retelling of the Greek myth of Icarus.
Frans Masereel Die Sonne self portrait
Gods' Man
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Gods' Man is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward published in 1929. In 139 captionless woodblock prints, it tells the Faustian story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbru
The Sun (wordless novel)
…while studying wood engraving in Germany, and the book was an influence of the American artist making wordless novels of his own, beginning in 1929 with Gods' Man. An artist resembling Masereel rests his head on his desk beneath a blazing sun. From his head leaps a small male who, seeing the sun, sets out in…
Cover to the first edition of Gods' Man (1929) by American artist Lynd Ward (1905–1985).
The book's unnamed protagonist framed by wineglasses, emphasizing the isolation he feels.
Cartoonist Milt Gross parodied Gods' Man in He Done Her Wrong (1930).