A site for novice or expert book collectors interested in wordless novels – even better if you have images, advice, or experiences to share. Whether it’s about rare first editions or more common reprints, books omitted, corrections, points to be aware of – it all contributes to our appreciation of these “original graphic novels”.
This is an electronic bibliography – an ongoing work in progress.
The background to a book or its author, as long as it relates to wordless novels, is welcomed. Consider writing a blog entry, be it one paragraph or ten pages.
All contributions will receive a credit line.
Note: This site uses an arbitrary cut-off date – no works created after 1966.
This site deals with a genre – wordless stories – what are they?
- They have a story arc – a beginning, a middle, and an end.
- Words are not used to assist in telling the story. Images must do it on their own. Strictly speaking, if words are used, then it’s not “wordless”.
- These books are not a mere series of single page images bound together between two covers.
- A story unfolds as the “reader” turns each page, viewing a sequence of pictures arranged in book form, resulting in a narrative flow.
Lastly
– a tribute to David Beronä (1950 – 2015). Anyone interested in this genre owes a debt of gratitude for all the work David did, the numerous articles he wrote, and most importantly, his book – Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels. New York: Abrams Books, 2008. by Beronä, David A.; Kuper, Peter.
– also, I would like to thank Kurt Webb of Silent Story Books for his insights over the years.
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