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4.5
As the author of Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels, I want to offer my sincerest praise and admiration to Neil Bousfield on the publication of his wordless book, Walking Shadows.: A Novel Without Words. Not only does Bousfield pay tribute to the early woodcut novel and artists like Frans Masereel The Sun, The Idea & Story Without Words: Three Graphic Novels and Lynd Ward Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts with his distinct skill as an engraver but he also demonstrates a unique voice in this heartfelt contemporary story of individuals trying to break out of a cycle of addiction and abuse against today's backdrop of economic hardships. Bousfield's novel displays a remarkable combination of expert artistic achievement and absorbing storytelling skills and needs to be on the bookshelf of every social worker, printmaker, comic artist, animator, and anyone interested in telling a stirring story in pictures for adults.
