Paul Gehl, Curator of the History of Printing Collections, discusses one of the Newberry's earliest examples of a "graphic novel." This book uses sequentual images and text to tell the story of St. John's apocalyptic visions from the Book of Revelations in the Bible--400 years before modern comics and graphic novels.
Author: Unknown
Title: Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis (Block-book)
Date: 1470
Call Number: VAULT folio Inc. 15
Catalog Record: https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=...
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