Southern Cross HC

Description

Wood engraver and animator Laurence Hyde was infuriated with the United States' continued testing in the Bikini Atoll, following the mass destruction and unthinkable horrors resulting from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. His response was the classic 1951 woodcut graphic novel SOUTHERN CROSS, presented here in a facsimile edition. Hyde's bold images tell the story of the invasion and subsequent destruction of an island paradise. SOUTHERN CROSS includes the original introduction by Rockwell Kent and two essays by Hyde in which he provides the idea for his book, a detailed description of the process of wood engraving, and a short history of the woodcut novel. A new introduction is provided by the woodcut novel historian, David A. Berona.