Will Eisner (Author of A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories)

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Will Eisner

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

March 06, 1917

Died

January 03, 2005

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Art

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William Erwin Eisner 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鈥�1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. ...more

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	A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories (The Contract With God Trilogy #1) 4.07 avg rating — 13,553 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comics and Sequential Art 4.11 avg rating — 6,210 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Contract With God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue (The Contract With God Trilogy, #1-3) 4.24 avg rating — 4,289 ratings — published 2005 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative 4.08 avg rating — 2,262 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will Eisner's New York: Life in the Big City by Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Introduction) 4.38 avg rating — 2,039 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Will Eisner, Umberto Eco (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 2,045 ratings — published 2005 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood (The Contract With God Trilogy #3) 4.18 avg rating — 1,179 ratings — published 1995 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To the Heart of the Storm 4.10 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 1991 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Life Force (The Contract With God Trilogy #2) 4.12 avg rating — 1,177 ratings — published 1987 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of the Spirit 3.93 avg rating — 951 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Contract With God Trilogy (5 books)
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Sequential Art (3 books)
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The New York Tetralogy (4 books)
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The Spirit Archives (26 books)
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Will Eisner's The Spirit - Artist's Editions (2 books)
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“Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they are treated as independent disciplines, it seems valid. Actually, the are derivatives of a single origin and in the skillful employment of words and images lies the expressive potential of the medium.”
― Will Eisner, Comics and Sequential Art

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“We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems.”
― Will Eisner

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“Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports.”
― Will Eisner, Comics and Sequential Art

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