Hi,
On the subject of comics/graphic novels, last year
comic publisher Dark Horse reprinted the 1950 'Picture Novel'
IT RHYMES WITH LUST. It's a pulp-type crime and romance
story, told in 128 pages, mostly 3 or 4 panels per page. The
artwork is black & white line drawing, with an odd
technique of drawing items and people not central to each
scene in a sort of grayed-out manner. Neither the story,
dialog, characters, nor artwork have aged very well, but I do
recommend it as an interesting piece of HB comic history.
Dark Horse has priced it at $14.95 which seems a little
steep. It was also reprinted in Comics Journal #277.
In an afterword to the reprint edition, co-author
Arnold Drake (1924-2007) argues that IT RYHMES WITH LUST was
the first graphic novel. His argument involves making
distinctions between comic adaptations of novels and original
works, and between comic novels without dialog balloons and
those with. Whether that argument is valid or not, the book
is clearly an early graphic novel.
Cheers,
--Stewart
-- Stewart Wilson Toronto, ON
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