Joseph Franz von Goez

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Joseph Franz von Goez (28 February 1754 in Sibiu - 16 September 1815, Regensburg) was a lawyer, artist, illustrator and portraitist active in Vienna in the mid-18th century. Goez is credited as having created the first graphic novel, with his authorship of Lenardo und Blandine: ein Melodram nach Bürger. This was an illustrated story book of a play Goez had written and produced based on a poem by Gottfried August Bürger.[1][unreliable source?]

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  1. ^ "1783: The First Graphic Novel". Andy's Early Comic Archive. Retrieved 9 February 2010.