Long-Length Wordless Books: Frans Masereel, Milt Gross, Lynd Ward, and Beyond

Barbara Postema

doi:10.1017/9781316759981.004

4 - Long-Length Wordless Books: Frans Masereel, Milt Gross, Lynd Ward, and Beyond

from Part I - 1799–1978

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 July 2018

Barbara Postema

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Jan Baetens ,

Hugo Frey and

Stephen E. Tabachnick

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Jan Baetens: Affiliation:
University of Leuven
Hugo Frey: Affiliation:
University of Chichester
Stephen E. Tabachnick: Affiliation:
University of Memphis

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Information: The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel , pp. 59 - 74

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