Wordless Book Writers of the World, Unite!

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how much is a 150-page graphic novel worth? This and other illustration-minded brainteasers will be fodder for discussion tomorrow afternoon during three back-to-back events at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, now underway in New York City. First up is a conversation with author Neil Gaiman, the creator of the popular Sandman series and the recently adapted Coraline. Then settle in for “1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling,” in which the force of nature that is Jonathan Ames—himself a