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Will Eisner

William Erwin Eisner (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. 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.

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American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917-2005)

Born 06 Mar 1917
Died 03 Jan 2005

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  • Cover of: A contract with God and other tenement stories

    First published in 2017 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: L'arte del fumetto: Regole, tecniche e segreti dei grandi disegnatori

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  • Cover of: Spirit Archives 5

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  • Cover of: The Spirit Archives Vol. 06

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  • Cover of: The lost work of Will Eisner: the earliest comics of the legendary cartoonist

    First published in 2016 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Spirit Archives 8

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  • Cover of: PS Magazine: The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly: The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly

    First published in 2011 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Spirit: femmes fatales

    First published in 2008 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Spirit

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  • Cover of: A life force

    First published in 2001 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: La narración gráfica

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  • Cover of: The white whale: an introduction to Moby Dick

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner: a retrospective.

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner color treasury

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner's gleeful guide to living with astrology: an every-day manual for coping with people, events, and afflictions through astrology

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner's Hawks of the seas, 1936-1938

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner's New York: Life in the Big City: New York, The Building, City People Notebook, Invisible People (Will Eisner Library)

    First published in 2006 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner's New York, the big city.

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner's shop talk.

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American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917-2005)

Born 06 Mar 1917
Died 03 Jan 2005
Subjects
Comic books, strips, Comics & graphic novels, general, Graphic novels, Fiction, Cartoonists, History and criticism, Technique, Caricatures and cartoons, Authorship, Cartooning, Cartoons and comics, Comic books, strips, etc., Illustrations, Immigrants, Interviews, Spirit (Comic strip), Biography, Children's fiction, City and town life, Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Folklore, New york (n.y.), fiction, Spirit (Fictitious character), Tenement houses
Places
United States, New York (N.Y.), Bronx, New York, New York (State), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Folklore, Germany, Juden, Korea, Mali, New York- Bronx, Spain, Vietnam
People
Will Eisner, Herman Melville (1819-1891), McCloud, Quixote Don, the Younger, Scott, Soundiata Keita (d. 1255)
Time
1800-1990, 1930s, 1950-1953, 1961-1975, Great Depression

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  • William Erwin Eisner
  • William E. Eisner

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December 22, 2021 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
December 22, 2021 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
August 4, 2020 Edited by dcapillae Added short bio from Wikipedia
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import