New Releases by Will Eisner

Will Eisner''s innovations in the 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. Even in his tales of crime fighting, Eisner''s writing focused on everyday details of city life and on contemporary social issues. 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, articulating theories of the art''s grammar and structure. 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 with in-depth information about his creation of The Spirit and other well-known comic book characters, his devotion to the educational uses of the comics medium, and his contributions to the development of the graphic novel.

This definitive edition of the original "Robert''s" presents rules of order, motions, debate, conduct of business, and adjournment. All problems of conducting a successful meeting smoothly and fairly are resolved.

POR PRIMERA VEZ EN NUESTRO PAÍS, LA VISIONARIA INCURSIÓN EN LA CIENCIA FICCIÓN DEL AUTOR DE THE SPIRITCuando un científico solitario capta de pronto una señal de radio de origen alienígena, pone en marcha una serie de acontecimientos que, impulsados por la codicia y el miedo, no tardan en provocar una espiral imposible de controlar. Con un gran despliegue de imaginación y un acertado elenco de personajes, el maestro del cómic Will Eisner crea una sorprendente fábula sobre los errores y defectos humanos y sus desafortunadas consecuencias.

Will Eisner gilt als der Erfinder der Graphic Novel, des anspruchsvollen Comicromans. In drei umfangreichen Sammelbänden legt Carlsen nun seine wichtigsten Geschichten als »Will Eisner Bibliothek« vor. Herzstück des ersten Bandes ist »Ein Vertrag mit Gott«, eine lose Kette literarischer Miniaturen, die in ihrer Gesamtheit ein Bild der Großstadt New York und ihrer Bewohner in den 1930er Jahren zeichnet. Bei Erscheinen 1978 brachen Eisners anspruchsvolle Comic-Erzählungen in Buchform mit sämtlichen damals gängigen Konventionen - heute gilt »Ein Vertrag mit Gott« als einer der Graphic-Novel-Klassiker schlechthin. Ergänzt wird dieses Meisterwerk durch die thematisch passenden Comic-Romane »A life force« und »Dropsie Avenue«. Die FAZ nannte Will Eisner »Amerikas wichtigsten Zeichner«, und Carlsen sieht ihn als unverzichtbaren Sockel des Graphic-Novel-Programms.

Cerita di dalam buku ini bergulir di Jalan Raya Dropsie, tempat Frimme Hersh melakukan kesepakatan dengan Tuhan. Di Jalan Raya ini terdapat rumah-rumah yang berderet panjang mirip kereta, tempat tinggal para pegawai negeri bergaji rendah atau buruh bersama keluarga mereka yang penuh gejolak, yang kebanyakan merupakan imigran baru. Mereka disibukkan oleh kegiatan mengurus anak dan memimpikan kehidupan lebih baik yang mereka tahu ada di pusat kota.

In 1997, almost six decades after the character''s first appearance in 1940, legendary artist and writer Will Eisner gave permission for a new series of stories to be commissioned featuring his signature creation, resurrected detective Denny Colt, also known as the Spirit, written and drawn by the most famous names in the comics industry. The call went out, and the response was nothing short of remarkable, with contributions from such creators as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (in one of their rare collaborations since Watchmen), Neil Gaiman (The Sandman), Paul Chadwick (Concrete), Eddie Campbell (From Hell), amongst others. With characters featured in Frank Miller''s highly anticipated movie The Spirit, you will find in these pages new tales of Central City''s protector versus familiar villains such as the Octopus and Sand Saref; witness his undying love for Ellen Dolan, daughter of Commissioner Dolan, the only man to know his secret identity; and glimpse what might be the Spirit''s fate in an uncertain future.

This powerful graphic novel confirms Will Eisner as a master of the genre. In this graphic novel, Will Eisner’s pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. Life on Another Planet places American life within a broader perspective, chronicling the lives of scientists, politicians, spies, and nobodies as they come to terms with the discovery of extraterrestrial life: in reaching out to other galaxies, Eisner’s characters ultimately find themselves focusing within.

Collects four graphically illustrated stories from Will Eisner that explore strange occurrences in daily life, including \"The Miracle of Dignity,\" \"Street Magic,\" \"A New Kid on the Block,\" and \"A Special Wedding Ring.

A graphic novel that traces the events in the life of one family over the course of twenty-four hours, bringing to light secrets of abuse, greed, and other dark memories.

LAS MEJORES HISTORIAS DEL MEJOR CÓMIC.Coincidiendo con el estreno de la adaptación al cine de Frank Miller, presentamos un recopilatorio de las mejores historias publicadas del personaje más mítico de Will Eisner: THE SPIRIT. Lo mejor de más de diez años de cómics, reunido en un solo volumen.

A graphic novel by Will Eisner that recounts the story of three families from different generations that struggle to find power, wealth, and happiness.

A graphic novel by Will Eisner about a young man who dreams of creating comic books in the 1930s.

A commonplace clerk turns private eye. A lifelong failure attempts a marathon. An octogenarian hitman tries to settle an old score. The seven exceptional short works gathered here range from the grim to the hilarious, narrating the lives of the good, the bad, and the eccentric. Featuring \"A Sunset in Sunshine City,\" Eisner''s very personal ode to memory and nostalgia inspired by his transition to retirement in Florida, this book displays the artist''s mastery of the short story form, as well as his acute understanding of family and friendship, betrayal and redemption.

The final volume of Will Eisner’s celebrated instructional trilogy explores the critical principle of body grammar in comics storytelling. Designed and outlined by Will Eisner before his death in 2005, this posthumous masterwork, the third and final book in the Will Eisner Instructional Series, finally reveals the secrets of Eisner’s own techniques and theories of movement, body mechanics, facial expressions, and posture: the key components of graphic storytelling. From his earliest comics, including the celebrated Spirit, to his pioneering graphic novels, Eisner understood that the proper use of anatomy is crucial to effective storytelling. His control over the mechanical and intuitive skills necessary for its application set him apart among comics artists, and his principles of body grammar have proven invaluable to legions of students in overcoming what is perhaps the most challenging aspect of creating comics. Buttressed by dozens of illustrations, which display Eisner’s mastery of expression, both subtle and overt, Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative will benefit comics fans, students, and teachers and is destined to become the essential primer on the craft.

In this work, Eisner reveals his techniques and theories about movement, body mechanics, facial expressions, and posture: the key components and, generally, the most challenging aspects of effective graphic storytelling.

Learn how to control a story effectively using a broad array of techniques. With examples from Will Eisner''s own catalog and other masters, this book distills the art of graphic storytelling into principles that every comic artist, writer, and filmmaker should know.

LA BIOGRAFÍA OFICIAL DE WILL EISNER El espíritu de una vida es la biografía oficial de Will Eisner: el maestro de maestros del cómic norteamericano, creador de personajes tan importantes como The Spirit y precursor de un concepto que hoy en día marca tendencias en el mundo del cómic: la novela gráfica para adultos. Bob Andelman estuvo durante 3 años entrevistándose con Eisner para recopilar desde datos biográficos, como los encuentros con Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster o Stan Lee, hasta apuntes sobre su vida, ideas e influencias. Toda la información sobre un artista dedicado a su pasión: el arte secuencial para una nueva época

An extraordinary autobiography story from a legend in American comics.

INTRODUCCIÓN DE NEIL GAIMAN Will Eisner realiza el mayor homenaje a la Gran Manzana que se ha hecho jamás en el campo de la novela gráfica y deja para la posteridad su particular visión de Nueva York, la ciudad que inspiró su carrera como pionero en el mundo del cómic. INCLUYE: • NUEVA YORK • EL EDIFICIO • APUNTES SOBRE LA GENTE DE CIUDAD • GENTE INVISIBLE

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

Character sketches and timeless snapshots of the eccentric denizens of an American city reflect Eisner''s comic genius and powers of observation.

One of four extraordinary graphic novels celebrating the Big Apple, from the master of American comics art. A story filled with ghosts, and a testament to our greatest human qualities -- a deeply moving chronicle of a city building and the people who inhabited it. Born in New York in 1917, Will Eisner was the author of the legendary comic strip The Spirit. His fifteen graphic novels; his posthumous history, The Plot; and the newest compilation Life, in Pictures, form the Will Eisner Library. The comic industry\''s top annual awards, The Eisners, are named in his honor.

In ''Life, in Pictures'' Eisner presents an intimate and personal perspective on his life as a writer and artist through his graphic art. The book features famous characters from the world of comics (under pseudonyms) and other historical figures and family members.

In the tradition of Kafka, Gogol, and Melville, the master of American comic art presents a haunting trio of stories about life''s forgotten shut-ins.

Eisner''s masterwork continues through one of its greatest periods in WILLEISNER''S THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 23, collecting classic Spirit Sections fromlate 1951 and featuring such classic stories as \"Heat,\" \"The Counterfeit Killer\"and \"The Man from Mars.\"

The first graphic novel—a mesmerizing fictional chronicle of a universal American experience. Through a quartet of four interwoven stories, A Contract With God express the joy, exuberance, tragedy, and drama of life on the mythical Dropsie Avenue in the Bronx. This is the legendary book that launched a new art form and reaffirmed Will Eisner as one of the great pioneers of American graphics.

“Eisner was not only ahead of his times; the present times are still catching up to him.”—John Updike Called “a masterpiece” by R. Crumb, A Life Force chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics through the depiction of the protagonist, Jacob Shtarkah, whose existential search reflected Eisner’s own lifelong struggle.

With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction\''s greatest celebration 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. This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as \''tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself.\'' From ancient buildings \''barnacled with laughter and stained with tears\''to the subways, \''humorless iron reptiles, clacking stupidly on a webbing of graceful steel rails,\'' Will Eisner\''s New York includes cameo appearances by the author himself; several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski; and three previously unpublished \''out-takes\'' - a treasure for any Eisner fan, and sure to become a collectible.