Let's have a historical storyime. This is "25 Images of a Man's Passion" published in 1918, it was the first wordless novel, a precursor to the graphic novel.
Drawn by Flemish artist Frans Masereel who was inspired by German expressionism. Masereel went on to create several wordless novels and was an inspiration for other artists of the style such as Lynd Ward, if you've read Understanding Comics you'll know Ward as the creator of Gods' Man, probably the best known Wordless Novel. The style declined during the 30s but gained renewed attention with the rise of the modern graphic novel and is cited as an influence by Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.
>>81487174
Interesting. But isn't that similiar to a painting series like A Rake's Progress?
This classic Frank Miller story kicks ass
>>81487605
Well it's self-described as a novel and published in book form. Where does a series of painting end and a novel in pictures begin?
>>81487174
Oh hey. Art Spiegelman mentioned Masreel in his graphic novel talk. Thanks, anon.
>>81487783
No problem anon!
Panel 25, the end.
The website below has a few more of Masereels works, The City (Die Stadt on the page) was probably his best received work.
http://www.frans-masereel.de/15331_Graphic_Novels.html
>>81487881
Welp, there you go. Good bye, nameless guy.
>>81487881
I don't the story. Why was he in prison? Why was he arrested later? What's up with that whore?
>>81488303
He was arrested the first time for stealing food because he's poor. He was arrested and executed later for getting his fellow labourers to revolt (after trying to negotiate with their boss >>81487751). The whore becomes his girlfriend or wife.
Lovely
bump for artsy fartsy comics.
>>81487174
>socialist swill
Dropped
