Background
Berona, David A. was born on March 19, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Daniel Anthony Berona and Dorothy Janet Voltz.
( Wordless books” were stories from the early part of th...)
Wordless books” were stories from the early part of the twentieth century told in black and white woodcuts, imaginatively authored without any text. Although woodcut novels have their roots spreading back through the history of graphic arts, including block books and playing cards, it was not until the early part of the twentieth century that they were conceived and published. Despite its short-lived popularity, the woodcut novel had an important impact on the development of comic art, particularly contemporary graphic novels with a focus on adult themes. Scholar David A. Beronä examines the history of these books and the art and influence of pioneers like Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Otto Nückel, William Gropper, Milt Gross, and Laurence Hyde (among others). The images are powerful and iconic, and as relevant to the world today as they were when they were first produced. Beronä places these artists in the context of their time, and in the context of ours, creating a scholarly work of important significance in the burgeoning field of comics and comics history.
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Berona, David A. was born on March 19, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Daniel Anthony Berona and Dorothy Janet Voltz.
Bachelor of Science, Wright State University, Ohio, 1974. Master of Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1990. Master of Arts, University New Hampshire, Durham, 2001.
Library. Westbrook College, Portland, Maine, 1990—1996. System library University New England, Biddeford, 1996—1999. Head, library computer system University New Hampshire, 1999—2005.
Library director Lamson Library., Plymouth State University, since 2006.
( Wordless books” were stories from the early part of th...)
Member of American Association of University Professors, Comic Book Defense League, Popular Culture Association, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Public, New England Library. Association, Library. and Informational Technology Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library. Association.
Married Rose E. O'Brien, August 11, 1981.