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The Wordless Book is a Christian evangelistic book. Evidence points to it being invented by the famous London Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in a message given on January 11, 1866 [2] to several hundred orphans regarding Psalm 51:7 "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." [3] It is called a "book", as it is usually represented ...
Most wordless novelists were not prolific; few besides Masereel and Lynd Ward produced more than a single book. [6] The books were designed to be mass-produced for a popular audience, in contrast to similar but shorter portfolios by artists such as Otto Dix , George Grosz , and Käthe Kollwitz , which were produced in limited editions for ...
The success of Ward's first two wordless novels led American publishers to put out a number of similar books, including Nückel's Destiny in 1930, as well as books by Americans and other Europeans. [24] Interest in wordless novels was short-lived, [25] however, and few besides Masereel and Ward produced more than a single work. [26]
Southern Cross [1] is the sole wordless novel by Canadian artist Laurence Hyde (1914–1987). [2] Published in 1951, its 118 wood-engraved images narrate the impact of atomic testing on Pacific islanders. Hyde made the book to express his anger at the US military's nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll.
The Snowman is a 1982 British animated television film and symphonic poem [1] based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book The Snowman. It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an immediate success. It was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 55th Academy Awards and won a BAFTA TV ...
Gods' Man is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward (1905–1985) published in 1929. In 139 captionless woodblock prints, it tells the Faustian story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbrush. Gods' Man was the first American wordless novel, and is considered a precursor of the graphic novel, whose development it ...
Wolf in the Snow is a 2017 wordless picture book by Matthew Cordell. The book was favorably received by critics and won the 2018 Caldecott Medal. The story has drawn comparisons to fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood. The nearly wordless book tells the story of a girl and wolf who each get lost in the snowstorm.
Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 – June 28, 1985) was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced the development of the graphic novel.