Will Eisner: Conversations

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Self-portrait in The Spirit, May 3, 1942. Reprinted by permission. The Spirit, October 6, 1946. Reprinted by permission. The Spirit, November 30, 1947. Reprinted by permission. The Spirit, June 26, 1949. Reprinted by permission. The Spirit, August 14, 1949. Reprinted by permission. P*S: The Preventative Maintenance Monthly, vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1951), cover by Will Eisner. From 1951 to 1971, Eisner was artistic director for this digest intended for U.S. Army personnel. Poster drawn while Eisner served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Reprinted by permission. From The Spirit No. 1 (Kitchen Sink Press, January 1973). Reprinted by permission. From The Spirit No. 1 (Kitchen Sink Press, January 1973). Reprinted by permission. Preliminary pencil sketch for a color print in The Spirit Portfolio (Collectors’ Press, 1977). Reprinted by permission. Preliminary pencil sketch for a color print in The Spirit Portfolio (Collectors’ Press, 1977). Reprinted by permission. A Contract with God, originally published in 1978, widely popularized the term “graphic novel.” Set in the same neighborhood as Eisner’s later graphic novels Dropsie Avenue and A Life Force, A Contract with God’s four novellas in comics form dealt with Jewish immigrant life in New York City. Comics & Sequential Art, published in book form in 1985, was one of the first analytic overviews of the comics form, examining both its formal principles and methods for creation. It began as a series of essays and lectures Eisner wrote for courses he taught on comics. Self-portrait by Eisner drawn for his interview in Heavy Metal in 1983. Reprinted by permission. To the Heart of the Storm (1991), one of Eisner’s autobiographical graphic novels, is set during World War II. Design for a bookplate in 1993. Reprinted by permission. Life on Another Planet (1993), originally serialized in the Will Eisner Quarterly as Signal from Space. Invisible People (1993) collects three linked graphic novellas about anonymous life in a big city. From The Yellow Press, a comics anthology published in Dublin, Ireland, in 1994. Reprinted by permission. From The Will Eisner Sketchbook (Milwaukee, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2003). Reprinted by permission. Self-portrait of Eisner as graphic novelist waiting for his readers and fellow comic artists to catch up. Reprinted by permission. ...