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Will Eisner

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born
March 06, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

died
January 03, 2005

gender
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Comics & Graphic Novels, Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction


About this author

WILL EISNER was born William Erwin Eisner on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death on January 3, 2005, following complications from open heart surgery, Eisner was recognized internationally as one of the giants in the field of sequential art, a term he coined.

In a career that spanned nearly seventy years and eight decades — from the dawn of the comic book to the advent of digital comics — he truly was the 'Orson Welles of comics' and the 'father of the Graphic Novel'. He broke new ground in the development of visual narrative and the language of comics and was the creator of The Spirit, John Law, Lady Luck, Mr. Mystic, Uncle Sam, Blackhawk, Sheena and countless others.

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Books by Will Eisner

Average rating: 3.98 · 8,351 ratings · 707 reviews · 155 distinct works
A Contract With God and Oth...
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,798 ratings — published 1978 — 16 editions
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The Contract With God Trilo...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 1,023 ratings — 3 editions
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Comics and Sequential Art
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 792 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions
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Will Eisner's New York: Lif...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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The Best of the Spirit
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Graphic Storytelling and Vi...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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Dropsie Avenue: The Neighbo...
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions
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To the Heart of the Storm
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1991 — 9 editions
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A Life Force
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
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Series by Will Eisner

A Contract With God and Oth... A Life Force Dropsie Avenue: The Neighbo...
The Contract With God Trilogy (3 books)
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4.073890096243403 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 3,221 ratings
The Blackhawk Archives, Vol. 1 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 1 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 2 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 3 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 4 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 5 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 6
DC Comics Archives (204 books)
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4.172413793103448 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
New York: The Big City The Building City People Notebook Invisible People
Will Eisner's New York (4 books)
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4.130612244897959 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 735 ratings
The Spirit Archives, Vol. 1 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 2 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 3 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 4 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 5 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 6 The Spirit Archives, Vol. 7
The Spirit Archives (26 books)
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4.257403189066059 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 439 ratings

Quotes by Will Eisner

“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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“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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