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Comics and Sequential Art. www.willeisner.com. William Erwin Eisner ( / ˈaɪznər /; March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form.
- William Erwin Eisner, March 6, 1917, New York City, U.S.
- Cartoonist, Publisher
- William Erwin Maxwell
- January 3, 2005 (aged 87), Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, U.S.
Mar 30, 2024 · Will Eisner Week Is Every March!! Celebrating Comics, Graphic Novel Literacy, Free Speech, and the Legacy of Will Eisner. In Schools, Universities, Libraries, Museums, Bookstores, Comic Book Shops, and Other Venues. Around The World.
Mar 6, 2017 · Cartoonist Will Eisner was such a life force that it’s difficult to believe that he’s not with us to celebrate his 100th birthday on March 6th. For seven decades, he was vitally instrumental in creating and shaping the comic book form, in elevating the quality of its writing and art, in revealing and expanding its graphic potential, in ...
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.”
Will Eisner was one of the pioneers of American comic books and graphic novels. As one half of the studio Eisner & Iger, he and Jerry Iger co-created and scripted many popular 1930s adventure comics, including 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle' (1937) and 'Doll Man' (1939). During World War II, he co-created the long-running aviation comic ...
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May 1, 2024 · William Erwin Eisner (1917–2005) was an American comic book artist, a pioneer of the American comics industry, and a lasting influence on the graphic novel as a literary genre. He is best remembered for creating the Spirit, a crime-fighting superhero featured in an eponymous series of comics (1940–52), and for his graphic novel A Contract with God (1978).
Mar 4, 2015 · The following is a guest post by Martha Kennedy, Curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Arts, Prints and Photographs Division. One of the great innovators in the world of comic art, Will Eisner forged a legendary, multi-faceted career that spanned the birth of the comic book through the rise of the graphic novel.
