Will Eisner : conversations / edited by M. Thomas Inge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eisner, Will.

Inge, M. Thomas.

Series:

Conversations with comic artists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisner, Will--Interviews.

Eisner, Will.

Cartoonists--United States--Interviews.

Cartoonists.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xviii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2011]

Summary:

Will Eisner's innovations in comics, especially the comic book and the graphic novel, as well as his devotion to comics analysis, make him one of comics' first true auteurs and the cartoonist so revered and influential that cartooning's highest honor is named after him. His newspaper feature The Spirit (1940-1952) introduced the now-common splash page to the comic book, as well as dramatic angles and lighting effects that were influenced by, and influenced in turn, the conventions of film noir. In 1976, he premiered A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories, a collection of realist cartoon stories that paved the way for the modern "graphic novel." His 1985 book, Comics and Sequential Art, was among the first sustained analyses and overviews of the comics form. Eisner's studio nurtured such comics legends as Jules Feiffer, Wally Wood, Lou Fine, and Jack Cole.

Will Eisner: Conversations, edited by comics scholar M. Thomas Inge, collects the best interviews with Eisner (1917-2005) from 1965 to 2004. Taken together, the interviews cover the breadth of Eisner's career. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Only Real Middle-Class Crimefighter 1965 / Marilyn Mercer Mercer, Marilyn 3

Having Something to Say 1968 / John Benson Benson, John 8

Will Eisner: Before the Comics 1973 / John Benson Benson, John 24

An Interview with Will Eisner 1974 / Dave Sim Sim, Dave 33

An Interview with Will Eisner 1976 / Jerry DeFuccio DeFuccio, Jerry 40

Will Eisner Interview 1978 / cat yronwode yronwode, cat 47

A Talk with Will Eisner 1983 / Ted White White, Ted, Mitch Berger Berger, Mitch, Mike Barson Barson, Mike 79

Will Eisner 1985 / Dale Luciano Luciano, Dale 87

Mastering the Form: An Interview with Will Eisner 1988 / Ben Schwartz Schwartz, Ben 103

A Cartoonist's Cartoonist 1989 / Elinor Burkett Burkett, Elinor 108

Getting the Last Laugh: My Life in Comics 1990 / Will Eisner Eisner, Will 113

Will Eisner: The Old Man on the Mountain 1993 / Stanley Wiater Wiater, Stanley, Stephen R. Bisette Bisette, Stephen R. 121

Night of the Paper Noir 1996 / Peter DePree DePree, Peter 131

Will Eisner's Vision and the Future of the Comics 1998 / R. C. Harvey Harvey, R. C. 176

Interview: Will Eisner 2000 / Tasha Robinson Robinson, Tasha 185

Eisner Wide Open 2000 / Tom Heintjes Heintjes, Tom 196

The Spirit of Comics! The Will Eisner Interview 2003 / Danny Fingeroth Fingeroth, Danny 205

Auteur Theory 2004 / Michael Kronenberg Kronenberg, Michael 2004.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781617031267

1617031267

9781617031274

1617031275

OCLC:

696321939