Howl A Graphic Novel Author:Allen Ginsberg, Eric Drooker First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece--an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century. ?Now a major motion picture, starring James Franco, Howl was directed by two-time Academy Award-winner... more »s Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, who hired Eric Drooker to animate the poem. Howl: A Graphic Novel visualizes the poem--stanza by stanza--with animation art Drooker designed for the film. « less