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Author: Paul Levitz ,
Brad Meltzer ,
Jules Feiffer
Publisher: Abrams
Imprint: Abrams ComicArts
Dimensions:
Width: 29.30cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 27.20cm
Weight: 1.580kg
ISBN: 9781419714986
ISBN 10: 1419714988
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 November 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Eisner was not only ahead of his times; the present times are still catching up to him. --John Updike What Will did was and is timeless. --Neil Gaiman Will Eisner is, and remains, one of my precious idols. --Frank Miller Will Eisner is a national treasure. --Jules Feiffer Will Eisner is the heart and mind of American comics. --Scott McCloud Eisner is the single person most responsible for giving comics its brains. --Alan Moore Eisner was unique in feeling from the start that comic books were not necessarily this despised, bastard, crappy, lowbrow kind of art form, and that there wasa potential for real art. --Michael Chabon This is the book that Will Eisner's life and career deserve . . . informative and entertaining, and belongs in every library collection. --ICv2 He was the greatest. --Harvey Kurtzman
Eisner is the single person most responsible for giving comics its brains. --Alan Moore Eisner was not only ahead of his times; the present times are still catching up to him. --John Updike Eisner was unique in feeling from the start that comic books were not necessarily this despised, bastard, crappy, lowbrow kind of art form, and that there wasa potential for real art. --Michael Chabon This is the book that Will Eisner's life and career deserve . . . informative and entertaining, and belongs in every library collection. --ICv2 What Will did was and is timeless. --Neil Gaiman Will Eisner is a national treasure. --Jules Feiffer Will Eisner is the heart and mind of American comics. --Scott McCloud Will Eisner is, and remains, one of my precious idols. --Frank Miller He was the greatest. --Harvey Kurtzman
"“Eisner was not only ahead of his times; the present times are still catching up to him.” * John Updike * “What Will did was and is timeless.” * Neil Gaiman * “Will Eisner is, and remains, one of my precious idols.” * Frank Miller * ""He was the greatest.” * Harvey Kurtzman * “Will Eisner is a national treasure.” * Jules Feiffer * “Will Eisner is the heart and mind of American comics.” * Scott McCloud * “Eisner is the single person most responsible for giving comics its brains.” * Alan Moore * “Eisner was unique in feeling from the start that comic books were not necessarily this despised, bastard, crappy, lowbrow kind of art form, and that there wasa potential for real art.” * Michael Chabon * “This is the book that Will Eisner’s life and career deserve . . . informative and entertaining, and belongs in every library collection.” * ICv2 *"
Author Information
Paul Levitz, former president and publisher of DC Comics, is a four-time New York Times bestselling writer and the author of the Eisner Award–winning 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 15 books across genres and age groups, and is the host of the History Channel television shows Decoded and Lost History.
