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By David A.Beronä
Introduction by Peter Kuper Harry N. Abrams, 2008. For Book Signings and Presentations see: |
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David
A. Beronä Plymouth State University Director, Lamson Library and Learning Commons daberona@plymouth.edu |
BOOK INTRODUCTIONS:
"Introduction" to Frans Masereel's
Passionate
Journey: A Vision in Woodcuts. Dover
Publications, 2007.
"Introduction" to Laurence Hyde's Southern Cross: A Novel of the
South Seas. Drawn &
Quarterly, 2007.
"Introduction" to Lynd Ward's Madman's
Drum." Madman's
Drum by Lynd Ward.
Dover Publications, 2005.
JOURNAL
ARTICLES:
"Sandy Walker: "Yet if they fail to express.'" The
California Printmaker: News Brief. Spring, 2008:9. Read article.
"A Renegade of Expression: David Wojnarowicz's
Autofiction in Comics." Image
[&] Narrative [e-journal] 22 (2008). Read
article
"Art Hazelwood: Graphic Witness to
America" Image and Narrative Issue 12, 2005
Read article
"Pumping Iron: Male Stereotypes in
Delisle's Albert et les Autres." International Journal of
Comic Art. 6:1(Spring, 2004): 299-315.
"Wordless Novels in
Woodcuts." Print
Quarterly 20:1 (March, 2003):
61-72.
"Worth a Thousand
Words." The Readers' Shelf. Library
Journal. Vol. 129 No.4 (March 1, 2004):132. Read article.
"Health Practices for Printmakers." The
California Printmaker: News Brief. Fall, 2003:[8].
"The Woodcut Novels of Lynd
Ward.” Matrix
: a review for printers and bibliophiles, No. 22,
2002.
"Artists Without Authors: The
Wordless Novels of Helena Bochorakova, Babette Katz, Barabara Henry,
and Jules Remedios Faye." The California Printmaker: The
Journal of the California Society of Printmakers.
Issue 2002.
"TCJ: Resource to the World." The
Comics Journal No. 235 (July, 2001): 38.
"Introduction" to "Beyond Words 2: A
Wordless Comic Anthology." Sunburn No. 15
(Winter, 2001): 2. Read
Article
"Breaking Taboos: Sexuality in the Work
of Will Eisner and the Early Wordless Novels." International
Journal of Comic Art 1:1 (Spring/Summer, 1999): 90-103.
Note:
Article reprinted in "Will Eisner." Contemporary Literary Criticism.
Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 237. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007.
p. 140-145.
"An Introduction" to "Beyond
Words: A Wordless Comic Anthology."Sunburn No. 11
(Summer, 1999): 2-3. Read
Article
"Pictorial Narratives: The Woodcut
Novels of Lynd Ward." The Comics Journal. No.208
(November, 1998): 102-106.
"A Season of Silent Novels." The
Comics Journal. No.208 (November, 1998): 93-101.
"A Pathfinder in Pictures: The Woodcut
Novels of Lynd Ward." Antiquarian Book Monthly (London)
23:10(November, 1996): 20-23.
"Chronicles in Black and White: The
Woodcut Novels of Masereel and Ward." Biblio: The Magazine
for Collectors of Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera
1:2(September-October, 1996): 38-41.
"Silent Narratives: The Woodcut Novels of Lynd
Ward." AB Bookman Weekly 96:2(July 10, 1995):
105-121.
"Picture Stories: Eric Drooker and the
Tradition of Woodcut Novels." INKS: Cartoon and Comic Art
Studies 2:1(February, 1995): 2-11.
REVIEWS:
Review Essay. "Father of Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer,"
by David Kunzle and "Rodolphe Töpffer:
The Complete Comic Strips," compiled, translated, and annoted by Davdi
Kunzle. International
Journal of Comic Art. 10:1 (Spring, 2008): 559-565.
"The Arrival," by Shaun Tan. Raintaxi. Winter,
2007/2008. Online Edition. Read article
"Art Out of Time," by Dan Nadel. International
Journal of
Comic Art. International
Journal of Comic Art. 9:2 (Fall, 2007): 537-539.
"Run, Bonggu, Run!," by Byun Byung-Jun. Raintaxi. Vol. 12
(3) Fall, 2007 (No.47):43. Print Edition.
"Stop Forgetting to Remember," by Peter Kuper. Raintaxi. Summer,
2007. Online Edition. Read article
"Alternative
Comics: An Emerging Literature," by Charles Hatfield. International
Journal of Comic Art. 8:1 (Spring/Summer, 2006): 567-568.
"Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco," by Rick
Smith. The Comics
Journal. No. 270:57.
"A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books" edited
by Daniel De Simone. Print Quarterly.
22:2 (June, 2005): 205-209.
"Solitude and Emptiness (Cimes
and La Digue)" by Vincent Fortemps. The
Comics Journal.No. 268 (June/July, 2005): 54.
"Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers! Writers on
Comics" edited by Sean Howe. International Journal of Comic
Art. 7:1 (Spring/Summer, 2005): 559-560.
"Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth
of the Comic Book" by Gerald Jones. International Journal of
Comic Art. 7:1 (Spring/Summer, 2005): 561-562.
"Radical Art: Printmaking and the Left in 1930s
New York" by Helen Langa. Print Quarterly, 22:1
(March, 2005): 86-89.
"Gods' Man " by Lynd Ward. The Comics
Journal.No. 261 (June/July, 2004): 51
"Leviathan" by Jens Harder. The Comics
Journal. No.
262 (August/September, 2004): 72.
"Le Château:
D”Aprés F. Kafka, " by Olivier Deprez. The
Comics Journal No. 257 (December, 2003).
"Henri Van Straten. (1892 1944). Catalogue of the
graphic work. Oeuvre catalogus van de grafiek. Catalogue de l'oeuvre
gravé." Print Quarterly. 20:3
(September, 2003) 293-297.
"The Comics: Since 1945 by
Brian Walker. International Journal of Comic Art.
5:2 (Fall, 2003): 450-452.
"Blackbird Not Speaking in the Dead of Night:
SSHHHH! by Jason." The Comics Journal. No. 251:52.
"A Silent Man's Unfinished Declaration: Lynd
Ward's Last Unfinished Wordless Novel." The Comics Journal.
No. 251:48-49.
"Blood Song: A Silent Ballad by Eric Drooker." The
Comics Journal. No. 248:39.
"Comics Culture: Analytical and Theoretical
Approaches to Comics. Edited by Anne Magnussen and Hans-Christian
Christiansen." International Journal of Comic Art
4:1 (Winter, 2002).
"The Graphic Novel." International
Journal of Comic Art 3:2 (Fall, 2001): 332-334.
"Norwegian Mjau Mjau:Surmounting
the Language Barrier." The Comics Journal.
No. 233 (May, 2001):28.
"The Top 5 Lists!" The Comics Journal.
No. 220 (February, 2000):30.
"Books of the Year. Underground Hit: Cave-In by
Brian Ralph." The Comics Journal. No. 220
(February, 2000): 21-22.
"Discratches. Combustion: A Story Without Words by
Chris Lanier." The Comics Journal. No.219 (January,
2000): 24.
"Sam Norkin: Drawings, Stories by Sam Norkin." INKS:
Cartoon and Comic Art Studies 3:1(February, 1996): 35-36.
EXHIBITION
CURATOR:
Japanese
Manga: A Glimpse of the Classics, September
5-October 6, 2006. Lamson
Library. Opening Event September 13 4—6 p.m.
Gallery Talk September 20 at noon with curator David A. Beronä, Lamson
Library Director. New Hampshire Public Radio's
'Front Porch' program, The
Culture of Manga in the US, Aug. 30, 2006.
Listen
to program
PAPERS:
"Reading Pictures: The Language of Wordless
Books." Panel
Discussion. Literature in English (LES) Section of the American College
and Research Libraries (ACRL). American Libraries Association
Annual Conference. Anaheim, California. Forthcoming. June 28, 2008.
"Building a Graphic Novel and Manga Collection." New Hamphsire
Library Association Conference, Concord, New Hampshire (May 22,
2008).
"Political
Art: Timely and Timeless." Panel discussion. University of
Rhode Island, April 6, 2006.
"Comics
and Graphic Novels: Not Just for Kids Anymore." New Hamphsire
Library Association Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire (May 13,
2005).
"The Magic of Woodcuts in the Book Illustrations
of Frans Masereel and Olivier Deprez." Yale University Symposium and
Exhibit, The
Belgian Illustrated Book: 1918-2004, held in Sterling
Memorial Library from February 4 through April 29, 2005.
"Wordless Novels: Early Developments in the
Graphic Novel." The Graphic Novel: A 20th
Anniversary Conference on an Emerging Literary and Artistic Medium,
University of Massachusetts/Amherst (November 13-15, 1998).
"Woodcut Novels in America." Society
for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP)
(July 18, 1996).
"Worlds Without Word Balloons." Popular
Culture Association (April 8, 1994).
HONORS:
Dedication by Jan Baetens in "Going to
Heaven: A Missing Link in the History of Photonarrative?" JNT:Journal
of Narrative Theory 31:1 (Winter 2001): 87. Read
article.
Acknowledgement of my publications on the
woodcut novel in the foreword to Graphic Storytelling
by Will
Eisner.
Publications cited in the selected
bibliography of catalogs from the 2003 exhibit at Rutgers University (Lynd
Ward's Vertigo: A Graphic Novel of the Depression) 1997
exhibit at Indiana University (The Silent Shout: Frans
Masereel, Lynd Ward and the Novel in Woodcuts) and the 1995
exhibit at the University of Toledo (The Ardent Image: Book
Illustration for Adults in America, 1920-1942).
Back cover endorsements for Eriz Yakin's
The Silent City with an introduction by Yevgeny
Yevtushenko (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995) and Chris Lanier's Combustion:
A Story Without Words (Fantagraphics Press, 1999).