David t wenzel biography of mahatma
We conclude that biography is an inescapably awkward enterprise, because of the intimate and fraught politics between author and subject..
In this book – an ABC of the genre, with 26 entries – two renowned biographers and teachers take us on a tour, from A for Authorization to Z for Zigzagging.
David Wenzel
David T. Wenzel (; born November 22, 1950)[1] is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Career
Wenzel's first ambition had been to work for one of the big animation houses in California, but his early career path led him instead to work at an advertising agency and as a penciler in the mainstream comic book industry.[2] From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s he worked on such Marvel Comics titles as Avengers and Savage Sword of Conan.
In recent discussions, a provocative statement suggested that Mahatma Gandhi's global recognition stems solely from his cinematic portrayal—a.He penciled part of The Avengers "Korvac Saga" story arc which won a 1979 Eagle Award for Best Continued Story.
Segueing from comics to children's literature in the 1980s, Wenzel illustrated Robb Walsh's Kingdom of the Dwarfs for Centaur Books, and then illustrated a series of books about American colonial life for Troll Associates.
A recommendation from college classmate Larry Marder was key to Wenzel's landin