{"id":328,"date":"2010-08-12T18:26:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T18:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/08\/12\/lynd-ward-and-the-loa\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:38","slug":"lynd-ward-and-the-loa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/08\/12\/lynd-ward-and-the-loa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynd Ward and the LOA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I received the Fall 2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Library of America<\/a> catalog. LOA consistently produces the highest quality reprints of classic American works and I proudly own several of their volumes including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Philip-K-Dick-Stigmata-Androids\/dp\/1598530097\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636175&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crime-Novels-American-Postman-Nightmare\/dp\/1883011469\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636219&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crime-Novels-American-Talented-Pick-up\/dp\/1883011493\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636290&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dashiell-Hammett-Stories-Writings-Library\/dp\/1931082006\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636347&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories &amp;amp; Other Writings<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Raymond-Chandler-Stories-Farewell-Library\/dp\/1883011078\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636401&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Raymond Chandler: Stories &amp;amp; Early Novels<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Raymond-Chandler-Writings-Playback-Indemnity\/dp\/1883011086\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636461&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Raymond Chandler: Later Novels &amp;amp; Other Writings<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zuckerman-Bound-Trilogy-Epilogue-1979-1985\/dp\/1598530119\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636507&amp;amp;sr=1-1-fkmr0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy &amp;amp; Epilogue 1979\u20131985<\/span><\/a> by Philip Roth, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Baseball-Literary-Anthology-Nicholas-Dawidoff\/dp\/193108209X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1281636603&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Baseball: A Literary Anthology<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51G27xljCdL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nAs a pop culture\/comics historian and critic, I was thrilled with the new book that adorns the catalog cover. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loa.org\/volume.jsp?RequestID=337\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts<\/span><\/a> collects the prominent works of this extraordinary creator. Ward pioneered the graphic novel with his wordless &quot;novels in woodcuts.&quot; This should be on not only my shelf but any lover of comics as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newpartisan.com\/images\/lyndward\/godsman\/godsman1.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9px;line-height: normal\">Image from <span style=\"font-style: italic\">God&#8217;s Man<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newpartisan.com\/images\/lyndward\/godsman\/godsman2.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9px;line-height: normal\">Image from <span style=\"font-style: italic\">God&#8217;s Man<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I received the Fall 2010 Library of America catalog. LOA consistently produces the highest quality reprints of classic American works and I proudly own several of their volumes including Philip K. 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