Will Eisner: Conversations

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WILL EISNER: CONVERSATIONS Conversations with Comic Artists M. Thomas Inge, General Editor Will Eisner: Conversations Edited by M. Thomas Inge University Press of Mississippi Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. THE SPIRIT and WILL EISNER are trademarks owned by Will Eisner Studios, Inc. and are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Used with permission. All rights reserved. All illustrations are copyrighted © 2011 by Will Eisner Studios, Inc. Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 2011 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2011 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Will Eisner : conversations / edited by M. Thomas Inge. p. cm. — (Conversations with comic artists) Includes index. ISBN 978-1-61703-126-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-127-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-128-1 (ebk.) 1. Eisner, Will—Interviews. 2. Cartoonists—United States—Interviews. I. Eisner, Will. II. Inge, M. Thomas. PN6727.E4Z92 2011 741.5’6973—dc22 [B] 2011000935 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available For Ann Eisner and Donária Inge “I was not attracted, even as a young man, to the dumb-but-pretty girl. My own thinking, my own tastes, were always very much in favor of the intelligent competent women.”—Will Eisner, 1986 This page intentionally left blank ...