Will Eisner Books

Will Eisner’s work on The Spirit was, in its way, as groundbreaking as Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Both artistic achievements rewrote the book on sequential storytelling and had lasting impacts on all that followed them. Featured within these pages are 17 Spirit stories all from Eisner’s peak period, 1946 – 1950, generally regarded as his best work on The Spirit. Eisner is also considered to be the founding father of the Graphic novel, with the publication of A Contract with God in 1978. He is also the namesake of the Eisner Awards, the “Academy Awards of the comics industry, held each year at Comic-Con International. An Artisan Edition collects stories, covers and pages that have been reproduced from the original art. While appearing to be in black and white, these images have been scanned in color, allowing the reader to view them as closely as possible to the original art. Ink gradients, blue pencil, corrections, and more are all clearly visible, all the wonderful subtle nuances that make original art so special and unique. The only way to better view these pages if you were standing over the artist’s shoulder as they were drawn.

Will Eisner's groundbreaking influence on sequential art is highlighted in this comprehensive catalogue, showcasing over 175 illustrations from his original works. The collection celebrates his innovative storytelling and artistic contributions, particularly through his newspaper series The Spirit and his pioneering graphic novels, starting with A Contract with God. Featured essays by notable figures in the field, along with dual English and French text, enhance the exploration of Eisner's legacy, as presented during the 2017 Will Eisner Centennial Celebration exhibitions in Angoulême and New York.

Frimme Hersh breaks his contract with God and ends up as a Depression-era slumlord, while Jacob Shtarkah strives to help an old friend trapped in Nazi Germany and struggles with poverty and the corruption of the residents of Dropsie Avenue.

"This inaugural Norton Critical Edition of a graphic novel features Will Eisner's A Contract with God, originally published in 1978 from Baronet Press. Eisner's pioneering work draws on his upbringing in the Bronx to produce realistic narratives surrounding Jewish American culture within New York City's tenements. Excerpts from A Life Force (1988), Invisible People (1993), and Dropsie Avenue (1995) are also included in this edition, followed by Eisner's thoughts on the American graphic novel. "Reviews and Assessments" section presents the reactions of Eisner's contemporaries, selected from multiple art and comic journals of the time. "Criticism" offers modern analyses of Eisner's work in respect to art, race, and underrepresented history. A selected bibliography and chronology are also included"--

An intimate self-portrait of the American icon Will Eisner, and a chronicle of the career that launched a new art form.

The final volume of Will Eisner's celebrated instructional trilogy explores the critical principle of body grammar in comics storytelling.

A series of vignettes, in graphic novel format, built around elements that make up New York City--its buildings, people, trash and treasures.

Master of the Comics medium Will Eisner offers more of his imagination to his readers with this tale of real people simply experiencing life. Set during the Depression, A Life Force tells the hard-luck story of a tenement dweller living in the same neighborhood that served as the setting for A Contract with God. Eisner's everyman, Jacob Shtarkah, and his family and neighbors come to life in this moving urban portrait.

An extraordinary and classic graphic novel celebrating the Big Apple, from the master of American comics art.

Comics and Sequential Art is a masterwork, the distillation of Will Eisner's genius to a clear and potent elixir.-Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

There isn't a comics artists alive who hasn't benefited from Will Eisner's masterful work and formidable wisdom.-Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics

A premium collection demonstrating the effectiveness of the comics medium for telling the most personal of stories--the autobiography. Showcasing some of the first published autobiographical stories from living-legend artists, mainstream greats, and young "indie" up-and-comers! Featuring stories by Will Eisner, William Stout, Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragonés, and many more of comics' top talent!

A gorgeous, collectible hardcover edition of Will Eisner's pioneering graphic novel to celebrate the author's 100th birthday.

Presents a collection of twenty-two Spirit stories from 1940-1950, featuring the adventures of Eisner's famous crime fighter.

An extraordinary autobiography story from a legend in American comics.

Rules of order -- Introduction of business -- General classification of motions -- Motions and their order of precedence -- Committees and informal action -- Debate and decorum -- Vote -- The officers and the minutes -- Miscellaneous -- Organization and conduct of business -- Organization and meetings -- Officers and committees -- Introduction of business -- Motions -- Miscellaneous -- Miscellaneous matters

Presented in graphic-novel format, an examination of the 1905 plot fabricated by anti-Semitic secret police that was used to accuse Jewish leaders of wanting to take over the world discusses the contributions of such individuals as Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolph Hitler, tracing how Protocols became an internationally accepted truth and tragically succeeded far beyond propagandistic ambitions. 50,000 first printing.

Unearthed as part of a massive collection of pre-WWII newspaper printing plates, the mid-1930s comic strips UNCLE OTTO and HARRY KARRY represent the earliest known cartooning of the great comics and sequential art pioneer Will Eisner. In this book, comics collected document the genesis of one of the most brilliant cartoonists of all time.

A thought provoking look at what would happen if life was found on another planet.

An extraordinary and classic graphic novel celebrating the Big Apple, from the master of American comics art. With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents one of his renowned celebrations of the Big Apple. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Invisible People is a haunting trio of stories about life's forgotten shut-ins in the tradition of Kafka, Gogol, and Melville.

It would be hard to imagine any creators who have more greatly affected their chosen medium than Will Eisner and Frank Miller have influenced the world of comics and graphic novels. Often misunderstood, but enduringly enjoyed by people from all walks of life, the comic book has in recent years been recognized as a "legitimate" art form by cultural institutions ranging from Harvard University to the Smithsonian, from The New Yorker to the Art Institute of Chicago. Now, culture-curious readers and life-long fans of the comics medium are invited to read along as two of the medium's greatest contributors--legendary innovator and godfather of sequential art Will Eisner, and the modern master of cinematic comics storytelling, Frank Miller--discuss one on one in an intimate interview format, the ins-and-outs of this compelling and often controversial art form. Eisner/Miller is profusely illustrated and features rare, behind-the-scenes photos of Eisner, Miller, and other notable creators.

In „Lebensbilder“ beschreibt der Pionier der Graphic Novel Will Eisner sich und seine Wurzeln, und selbstverständlich tut er auch das in Bildern. Aber nicht chronologisch, sondern so wie er selbst sein Leben aufgearbeitet hat. Er beginnt gemütlich im Ruhestand in Florida. „Der Träumer“, in dem auch Jack Kirby und Bob Kane auftauchen, beschreibt ihn am Beginn seiner Karriere. Seine Situation als jüdischer Amerikaner im Zweiten Weltkrieg zieht uns ins „Herz des Sturms“, und mit „Name of the Game“ geht er zurück bis zu den Wurzeln jüdischer Kultur in Amerika.

Er ist der wichtigste Zeichner des amerikanischen Comics: Will Eisner, der Mann, der mit kaum zwanzig schon ein eigenes Atelier hatte und 1940 für die Zeitungsbeilagen den geheimnisvollen Detektiv „The Spirit“ erfand, und der Mann, der drei Jahrzehnte später mit seinen Comic-Romanen eine ganz neue Form einführte. Eisner ist eine größere Persönlichkeit als seine Helden. Deshalb präsentieren wir die autobiographische Erzählung „Im Herzen des Sturms“ und eine Auswahl der Geschichten um den Spirit.

Geschaffen von der Comic-Legende Will Eisner, ist der blau gekleidete Verbrechensbekämpfer The Spirit der Protagonist von Hunderten von Zeitungsabenteuergeschichten, die die Leser begeisterten. Eisners bahnbrechender Stil nutzte das Comic-Format zu seinen größten Stärken. Diese Sammlung umfasst 23 ausgewählte Geschichten voller Geheimnisse, die ursprünglich zwischen 1940 und 1949 veröffentlicht wurden, und zeigt P'Gell, Sand Saref, Saree, Silk Satin, Thorne Strand, Autumn Mews und viele andere.

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its quarry. One of the great American novels, if not the greatest, Moby Dick epically combines rip-roaring adventure, a meticulously realistic portrayal of the whaling trade and a profound philosophical disquisition on the nature of good and evil.

Una muda que recupera la voz, un mendigo que se enriquece, un niño sin familia que busca amor... La magia y la realidad se funden en la nueva novela gráfica del maestro de la historieta Will Eisner.

"The world's great literature as comics and visuals"--Cover.

Will Eisner è il padre del fumetto moderno e The Spirit è l’opera che ha cambiato il corso della storia della Nona Arte. Tuttavia, pur essendo un personaggio molto noto, le storie che lo vedono protagonista sono poco fruibili in Italia, spesso presentate in edizioni pensate per collezionisti. Ma Spirit è una creatura narrativa moderna, le storie di Eisner sempre dinamiche e leggibili. Pertanto Lineachiara ha pensato a qualcosa di nuovo… a un’edizione per LETTORI! Economica, ricca di redazionali che possano contestualizzare i racconti e presentata ad un prezzo bassissimo! Se non avete ancora letto lo Spirit di Will Eisner questa è l’occasione che fa per voi!

In deze ballonstrip wordt in de belevenissen van een joodse timmerman in New York een sfeertekening gegeven van het Amerika tijdens en na de crisisjaren.

Es war ein großes persönliches Anliegen des berühmten Comic-Zeichners Will Eisner, mit seinen Mitteln die Wahrheit über eine Lüge zu erzählen, die seit mehr als hundert Jahren Haß in den Köpfen sät. Die sogenannten Protokolle der Weisen von Zion, fabriziert möglicherweise im Auftrag des russischen Geheimdienstes Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, sollen die vermeintlichen 'Machenschaften' der Juden zur Beherrschung der Welt belegen und waren zunächst zur Verleumdung der Reformer im zaristischen Rußland gedacht. 1905 begann die antisemitische Hetzschrift ihren verhängnisvollen Siegeszug um die Welt. Nicht nur die Nationalsozialisten beriefen sich auf die 'Protokolle', auch heute noch werden sie vielerorts als angeblich seriöses Dokument zitiert. Eisner zeichnet in einem spannenden Comic, das sich auf die jüngsten Erkenntnisse der Historiker stützt, ihre Entstehungsgeschichte nach.

Před mnoha lety Will Eisner marně hledal nakladatele pro své revoluční dílo, Smlouvu s Bohem. Komiksový román nakonec vyšel dosti nenápadně v roce 1978 a až později si získal obrovský věhlas, takže přinesl uspokojení nejen samotnému autorovi, ale také se stal inspirací pro celou generaci „sekvenčních umělců“. Will Eisner sám sebe popisuje jako „výtvarně nadaného svědka, který podává hlášení o životě, smrti, utrpení a nikdy nekončícím boji“. Smlouva s Bohem vyšla, když mu bylo už jedenašedesát let, a přesto se její vydání stalo zásadním okamžikem jak pro něj osobně, tak pro komiksové médium. S touto knihou se zrodil komiksový román jako takový, a tím začala éra, kdy už byli seriózní autoři komiksu zbaveni otupujících sešitových okovů. Celá trilogie je hypnotickou fiktivní kronikou univerzální americké životní zkušenosti a také Eisnerovým nejniternějším a nejtrvalejším literárním odkazem. „Tři komiksové romány sebrané v tomto svazku představují zásadní část mého díla. Je pro mě obrovsky uspokojivé vědět, že se takto dostanou k nové generaci čtenářů.“ Will Eisner Vydání knihy podpořilo Ministerstvo kultury České republiky

Will Eisner přináší nový pohled na jednu z nejznámějších záporných postav světové literatury. Převypravuje a domýšlí některé epizody románu Oliver Twist ústy Fagina. Svým dílem Žid Fagin se Will Eisner opětovně připomněl nejen jako mistrný tvůrce komiksových příběhů, ale rovněž jako pronikavý společenský a literární kritik. V průběhu své profesionální dráhy, která se klene již sedm desítek let, Eisnera v rostoucí míře frustrovaly úporně opakované stereotypy při zobrazování postav židů v klasické literatuře. Při prohlížení původních vydání Olivera Twista a jeho doprovodných ilustrací se rozhodl vyrovnat skóre, a sice vypovědět osud žida Fagina, který Charles Dickens ve svém románě opominul, s použitím informací získaných při rešerších. Svým typickým stylem, který mu přinesl již několik ocenění, vykresluje Eisner notorického zlosyna jako osudem pronásledovaného a složitého člověka a jeho vlastními slovy vypráví jak jeho životní příběh, tak i osudy aškenázských židů v Londýně. Žid Fagin je dílem životopis, dílem angažovaná polemika a Eisnerova empatie pro titulní postavu propůjčuje jeho uměleckému dílu, již tak mnohovrstevnatému a vzbuzujícímu pozornost, mimořádnou výmluvnost.