Will Eisner

Description

"Will Eisner's greatest legacy may be the graphic novels he championed and created. He was an American master whose work in comics permanently altered the face of global pop culture. A Spirited Life explores Eisner's amazing life, detailing a career that spanned seventy years and saw him educate several generations of Army soldiers in the innovative PS Magazine and create the first widely known graphic novel, A Contract with God. Eisner also introduced some of the world's greatest comics art talent: Bob Kane (Batman), Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four), Jules Feiffer, Dave Berg (Mad), and Joe Kubert (Tarzan). And he inspired generations of modern artists and writers, including Frank Miller (Sin City), Robert Crumb, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman (Sandman, American Gods), Brad Bird (The Incredibles), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), and Art Spiegelman (Maus)." "A Spirited Life also includes interviews with many of Eisner's contemporaries, such as Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Neil Gaiman, Denis Kitchen, Jim Warren, Dave Sim, Denny O'Neil, and Stan Lee."--Jacket.

First Sentence

Sam Eisner was impressed the first time he saw his sixteen-year-old son Billy's byline-"by William Eisner"-on an original comic strip in his DeWitt Clinton High School newspaper, The Clintonian, in 1933.

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Other Editions

• Will Eisner: A Spirited LifePaperbackM Press2005-11-02
• WILL EISNERPaperbackNORMA EDITORIAL, S.A.2008-01-25
• Will EisnerTwoMorrows Publishing2015-01-01