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Eisner was a lifelong innovator of what he called “sequential art.” Harvey Kurtzman, himself a giant in the field, called Eisner “the greatest” of the early comic book artists, noting “It was Eisner, more than anyone else, who developed the . . . the grammar of the medium.”
Comics & Sequential Art Beyond his work creating comics and graphic novels, Will Eisner also published books about comic theory: 'Comics & Sequential Art' (Poorhouse Press, 1985, revised in 1990), 'Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative' (1996) and 'Expressing Anatomy for Comics and Narrative' (2005). All are an outgrowth of the courses he ...
Jan 1, 1982 · WILL EISNER was born on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death on January 3, 2005, Will Eisner was recognized internationally as one of the giants in the field of sequential art, a term he coined.
Adapted from Eisner's landmark course at New York's School of Visual Arts, Comics and Sequential Art is an essential text filled with invaluable theories and easy-to-use techniques. Eisner reveals here the fundamentals of graphic storytelling. He addresses dialogue, anatomy, framing, and many other important aspects of the art form.
Jan 1, 1985 · Will Eisner is a legend in the field of comics. In Comics & Sequential Art, he distills the art of graphic storytelling into clear, concise principles that every cartoonist, comic artist, writer and filmmaker needs to know.
In comics studies, sequential art is a term proposed by comics artist Will Eisner [1] to describe art forms that use images deployed in a specific order for the purpose of graphic storytelling [2] (i.e., narration of graphic stories) [3] or conveying information. [2] The best-known example of sequential art is comics. [4]
Art of Will Eisner (1989 2nd ed, Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160760) Outer Space Spirit (1989 Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160124) Ao Coração da Tempestade - To The Heart Of The Storm (1991) (ISBN 1563896796) The Will Eisner Reader (1991) (ISBN 0878161295) Pessoas Invisíveis - Invisible People (1993) (ISBN 0878162089)
