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Michael Eisner. Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) [2] is an American businessman [3] and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. [4] [5] [6] Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, [7] and had brief ...
Jan 5, 2005 · Mr. Eisner, who was born in New York on March 6, 1917, published his first comic in 1936 in a publication called "Wow, What a Magazine!" There he met Jerry Iger, and together they created a comic ...
The following is a list of winners of the Eisner Award, sorted by category. The Eisner Awards have been presented since 1988, but there were no Eisner Awards in 1990 due to balloting mix-ups. [1] The awards ceremony has been held at San Diego Comic-Con since 1991.
Nov 10, 2015 · Eisner, who died in 2005 at the age of 87, was nothing short of a titan in the world of comics. He was a writer and artist whose influence has been felt since his earliest successes in the early ...
Will Eisner. Will Eisner was an American comic book artist and writer of Austrian-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish descent. He was one of the pioneering artists of the American comic book industry. He is most famous for creating the masked crime-fighter Spirit/Denny Colt, and for being the main creator of the original eponymous series "the Spirit ...
Mar 6, 2017 · Eisner’s graphic style was often balletic in its grace. One Contract tale opens with a full-page aerial perspective of Dropsie Avenue with its stoops, fire escapes, clotheslines strung from building to building, its elevated subway line in the distance, and many other minutely indicated details rendered with deft, casual brushstrokes.
Will Eisner died on January 3, 2005, just two months shy of his 88th birthday. But his legacy lives on at Comic-Con, both in the awards given in his name and in the thousands of professionals and fans who had the opportunity to learn from him. For more information on Will Eisner, including the latest news about his work and its ongoing ...
