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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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    First published in 1984 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s

    First published in 2013 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Dropsie Avenue: the neighborhood

    First published in 1995 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: A contract with God and other tenement stories

    Cover of edition contractwithgod00eisn Cover of edition contractwithgodo00eisn First published in 1978 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Comics & sequential art

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  • Cover of: The building

    First published in 1987 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Last Day in Vietnam: A Memory

    Cover of edition lastdayinvietnam0000eisn First published in 2000 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Fagin the Jew

    First published in 2003 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    First published in 2005 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: To the heart of the storm

    First published in 1991 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Dreamer: A Graphic Novella Set During the Dawn of Comic Books

    First published in 1986 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The last knight: an introduction to Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes

    First published in 2000 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A life force

    First published in 1988 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner Sketchbook

    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The amazing adventures of The Escapist.: Volume 3

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  • Cover of: City People Notebook

    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A family matter

    First published in 1998 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Will Eisner reader: seven graphic stories by a comics master.

    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Best of the Spirit

    First published in 2005 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Sundiata: A Legend of Africa

    First published in 2002 — 3 editions
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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, Caricatures and cartoons, History and criticism, Technique, 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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Alternative names

  • 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