ROTLAND DREADFULS NO. 5 BY IAN HUEBERT
The ROTLAND DREADFULS series is an homage to the cheaply-produced 19th century English pamphlets known as "Penny Dreadfuls"— so named because the original cost was one penny and they contained stories considered shocking and sensational. The fifth issue in this series is an adaptation of the Appalachian murder ballad "Knoxville Girl," created entirely from woodcuts in the tradition of the wordless woodcut novel.
Ian Huebert is an illustrator and book maker. He grew up on a farm in central Nebraska and received an MFA from the University of Iowa Center for the Book. His drawings and prints have appeared in or on numerous publications from Copper Canyon, FSG, McSweeney’s, Rotland Press, S. Fischer Verlag, and The Rumpus.
16 pages | black ink on tan paper | stapled | 2013