Lynd Ward used to joke that he was destined to be an artist because his last name spelled “draw” backwards—a curious statement from a man whose contributions to the visual arts deliberately repudiated words. Now recognized as one of the founders of the American graphic novel, Ward used to be better known as a fixture of progressive cultural politics in Depression-era… return to article
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