Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy polyps ) Two of the 6

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

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

or perfect for the person who wants to rule the world

and then there is this great little face

Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy polyps ) Two of the 6Now 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