Vertigo

by Lynd Ward

Graphic novelsStories without wordsWood-engraving, AmericanForest Products Laboratory (U.S.)

5.0

Open Library

About this book

A series of woodcut illustrations relate the story of three people coping with the hardships of the Great Depression.

Themes & subjects

Graphic novelsStories without wordsWood-engraving, AmericanForest Products Laboratory (U.S.)

Characters & people

Setting

United States

About the author

Lynd Ward

26 June 1905 – 28 June 1985

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. Strongly associated with his wood engravings, he also worked in watercolor, oil, brush and ink, lithography and mezzotint. Ward was a son of Methodist minister and political organizer Harry F. Ward. His most well known books are Gods' Man and his Caldecott-winning The Biggest Bear.