Waller Leslie Aka Patrick Mann (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 285 Pp. Black Cloth. First Edition Stated. Very Near Fine In Lightly Worn Price-Clipped Dust Jacket With Price Handwritten On Front Flap. Printed On Impact Book Paper With The Colors Of The Paper And Ink Styled By Faber Birren For Better Human Vision. Leslie Waller With His Co-Author Arnold Drake Are Credited With Having Written The First Graphic Novel, It Rhymes With Lust. It Was Their Idea To Pitch A New Idea, The "Picture Novel", A Bridge Between Comic Books And "Book Books", To St John, The Publisher Who Released It Rhymes With Lust. Originally Published In 1950, The Graphic Novel Was Re-Released By Dark Horse Comics In The Spring Of 2007. His Trilogy, The Banker, The Family, And The American Garnered Recognition, Landing The Last Title On The New York Times Bestseller List. Waller Became Known As A Go-To Man For Novelizations And Produced The Novels For Dog Day Afternoon (Under The Pseudonym Patrick Mann), Close Encounters Of The Third Kind And Hide In Plain Sight.…