Will Eisner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book Comics and Sequential Art. The comics community paid tribute to Eisner by creating the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, more commonly known as "the Eisners", to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium. Eisner enthusiastically participated in the awards ceremony, congratulating each recipient. In 1987, with Carl Barks and Jack Kirby, he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Eisner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- 2007 ·Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artistas
- 2003 ·Comic Book Superheroes Unmaskedas
- 2001 ·Comic Books & Superheroesas Self
- 1999 ·Will Eisner: Profissão Cartunistaas
- 1993 ·The Overstreet World of Comic Booksas Himself
- 1992 ·The Comic Book Greats: Compendiumas Self
- 1992 ·The Comic Book Greats: Will Eisneras Self
- 1989 ·Prisoners of Gravityas Self
- 1989 ·Comic Book Confidentialas Self
- 1987 ·The Masters of Comic Book Artas Self