Well, I was curious as to see what the guy actually looked like, so, I went out on the web in search of a picture of old man Ward. Unfortunately, finding a picture of him is apparently about as rare as finding words in his woodcut novels… however, I did manage to find one real life photo when he was old and saggy-> http://www.bcn.net/~mmccurdy/penmaen.htm (scroll down to the bottom) he is also with Allen Ginsberg.

I also saw what is apparently a self portrait of himself, done in 1927.

After reading Gods’ Man, I wanted to see who was the man behind such haunting images, and, I wasn’t disappointed.