Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy polyps Pretty useful these days for

Pretty useful these days for directing socially distanced traffic safely through public or private space

and then there is this great little face

or perfect for the person who wants to rule the world

but it appears the head and arms of the young woman at the center of this postcard MAY have been printed

Really quite a beautiful object

Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy polyps Pretty useful these days forNow 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