Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy polyps ” And while of course

” And while of course there is much more to the story than this

the more you find

sporting cheerful bows in her hair

) Two of the 6 are larger and one of the 4 smaller ones has no tail

Really quite a beautiful object

Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy polyps ” And while of courseNow that I've spent some time with this marvelous book, and learned a little about Frans Masereel (Flemish, 18891972), I can't believe I knew nothing of him, and it, before but I'm very happy to have made the discovery! Consisting of 83 woodcut prints, Die Idee was one of the earliest graphic novels, telling the story of the birth and worldly life of an idea, personified as a woman. As Herman Hesse wrote in the introduction to this edition (in