Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts

(2005)

[Publisher's page] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

David A. Berona

Letters

typeset

Mad Man's Drum (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 128 pages (report information)

Script

Lynd Ward

Pencils

Lynd Ward

Inks

Lynd Ward

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Slaver; African; slaver's son [Madman]; piper; Madman's wife; Madman's son; Madman's daughter; judge; informer; young man

Synopsis

A slaver brings an African's drum home as a trophy. When his son plays the drum, the father sets him to books. As others roister or labor the young man [Madman] becomes expert in many fields, finally taking a wife. Through his life, a mysterious piper appears. As Madman's son grows he agitates for communism. When authorities frame the young man Madman proves the lad's innocence, but the laughing judges have already hanged him. Madman's daughter becomes enamored of a young man who treats her vilely, leading to her death. Madman reclaims his drum and walks away with the piper.

Reprints

• from Madman's Drum (Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930 series) ([November] 1930)

Keywords

engraving; pantomime; woodcut; wordless

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