Penn State University Libraries will host the world premiere of 217 Films' new documentary on Lynd Ward (1905-1985), the father of the American graphic novel and one of the most prolific book illustrators and printmakers in the history of American art, at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park. (more)
Drew Weing, American comic book creator and Honor Book winner of the first Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year will speak at 7 p.m., Monday, May 23, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State's University Park campus, with satellite video broadcasts throughout the state. For more information, or to watch a webcast, visit http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/ward/index.html online. (more)
In celebration of the art and life of American printmaker and illustrator Lynd Ward (1905-1985), 217 Films has given a gift to Penn State University Libraries to digitize selected Ward woodcuts and wood engravings.
217 Films will showcase many of these works in a new film titled "O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward." The documentary, projected for release in December 2011, will feature an interview with the artist's daughter Robin Ward Savage. (more)
Penn State University Libraries and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book are pleased to announce the creation of the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year. (more)
"Movie producers have begun to automatically assume these superhero movies are going to turn into sequels. They think, 'Let's be efficient!' so they end up filming them at the same time."
--Matt McAllister, professor of communications, at the Research Unplugged discussion on Wednesday, April 14; a full-length recording of the event will be available on iTunes on Monday, April 19. Research Unplugged is an informal lecture series hosted by Penn State's Office of Research Publications and held at noon Wednesdays in Penn State's Downtown Theatre Center. The afternoon begins with a brief introduction of the topic, followed by an open floor for questions, comments and discussion. The event is free to the public. Complimentary coffee and light refreshments are served. For information, visit http://www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged/. (more)
Steven Herb will give a gallery talk on the influence of Lynd Ward's work on the development of graphic novels and on the mid-20th century revolution in children's literature in the United States on March 24, at 4:30 p.m., in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
Graphic novelist Alison Bechdel will speak at 6 p.m. on March 4, in 129ABC HUB-Robeson Center, as part of the ongoing University Libraries' Graphic Novels Series and in cooperation with the Department of Women's Studies and other departments in the College of the Liberal Arts. (more)
At 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 10, Steven Herb, head of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Library and Penn State and director of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, will give a gallery talk on the influence of Lynd Ward's work on the development of graphic novels and on the mid-20th century revolution in children's literature in the United States. The talk will be in the Mann Assembly Room, room 103 Paterno Library, on Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
"Storyteller without Words," an exhibit of Lynd Ward's work, is on display through May 7, in the Special Collections Library in room 104 Paterno Library on Penn State's University Park campus. Ward, who lived from 1905 to 1985, created his first graphic novel, "Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts" in 1929. This also was the first novel-length story told in wood engravings to be published in the United States. The exhibit includes prints from Ward's graphic novels, original illustrations for both "The Silver Pony" and "The Biggest Bear," as well as the original woodblocks for Ward's 1934 illustrations for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein," or "The Modern Prometheus," which was reproduced in 2006 in a deluxe, limited edition by Centipede Press. (more)
