August 30, 2026 / Last updated : August 30, 2026 wordmin Uncategorized Death Defeated Death conquers all, except Robert Budzinski has reversed 500 years of tradition; his 1924 Totentanz shows the defeat of Death by the Maiden.
August 28, 2026 / Last updated : August 30, 2026 wordmin Budzinski Totentanz cover with a chain of people dancing Death and the Maiden dance surrounded by a whirling chain of figures at their feet, as an endless crowd fills the backdrop on the cover of Budzinski’s Totentanz.
August 27, 2026 / Last updated : August 30, 2026 wordmin Budzinski The Maiden’s Hands – Is That a Power Pose? The Maiden’s pose, looking down at a pile of bones, is ambiguous in Robert Budzinski’s 1924 wordless story, Totentanz. What is she doing with her hands?
August 25, 2026 / Last updated : August 30, 2026 wordmin Budzinski The same plate but different-sized prints? How does one etching plate produce different-sized prints? A Budzinski ex libris from 1916 and a question that may interest print-makers.
August 25, 2026 / Last updated : August 30, 2026 wordmin Budzinski Pentagrams -Good and Evil Budzinski’s pentagrams are usually inverted with one point down and two points up.
May 10, 2025 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Blunt BLUNT -1940 Bet It’s A Boy; different production processes Not all four editions issued during 1940 and 1941 of Betty Bacon Blunt’s wordless novel, Bet It’s A Boy, used the same production process.
April 3, 2025 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Rey Zebrology – Satire and Subversion of Nazi Nuremberg Race Laws H. A. Rey’s wordless stories, Zebrology and Flying Fishes are not children’s stories but subversive and satirical adult stories in response to Nazi Race Laws.
January 3, 2025 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Patri Variations in editions of Patri’s wordless novel, White Collar There is a high likelihood of variations between copies of the 1st and 2nd editions. Any hand-printed project of this magnitude can easily result in some pages out of order, upside down, or sideways.
November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Nückel Nückel – Destiny variants; red/tan/grey cloth boards Nückel’s Destiny (both the New York and UK editions) came out with red cloth boards, but there also appear to be variants.
November 23, 2024 / Last updated : July 20, 2026 wordmin Patri Patri’s White Collar – Confusion over Dates and Edition Sizes The first three editions of Giacomo Patri’s White Collar were published without publication dates or edition sizes, causing some confusion.
