New Releases by Will Eisner

Published quietly in 1978, Will Eisner''s revolutionary literary work A Contract With God marked the invention of the modern graphic novel, took on a life of its own, and inspired a generation of \"sequential artists.\" Will Eisner (1917–2005) saw himself as \"a graphic witness reporting on life, death, heartbreak, and the never-ending struggle to prevail.\" The publication of A Contract With God when Eisner was sixty-one proved to be a watershed moment both for him and for comic literature. It marked the birth of the modern graphic novel and the beginning of an era when serious cartoonists could be liberated from their stultifying comic-book format. More than a quarter-century after the initial publication of A Contract With God, and in the last few months of his life, Eisner chose to combine the three fictional works he had set on Dropsie Avenue, the mythical street of his youth in Depression-era New York City. As the dramas unfold in A Contract With God, the first book in this new trilogy, it is at 55 Dropsie Avenue where Frimme Hersh, the pious Jew, first loses his beloved daughter, then breaks his contract with his maker, and ends up as a slumlord; it is on Dropsie Avenue where a street singer, befriended by an aging diva, is so beholden to the bottle that he fails to grasp his chance for stardom; and it is there that a scheming little girl named Rosie poisons a depraved super’s dog before doing in the super as well. In the second book, A Life Force, declared by R. Crumb to be \"a masterpiece,\" Eisner re-creates himself in his protagonist, Jacob Shtarkah, whose existential search reflected Eisner’s own lifelong struggle. Chronicling not only the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of left-wing politics, Eisner combined the miniaturist sensibility of Henry Roth with the grand social themes of novelists such as Dos Passos and Steinbeck. Finally, in Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood, Eisner graphically traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over four centuries, creating a sweeping panorama of the city and its waves of new residents—the Dutch, English, Irish, Jews, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans—whose faces changed yet whose lives presented an unending \"story of life, death, and resurrection.\" The Contract With God Trilogy is a mesmerizing, fictional chronicle of a universal American experience and Eisner’'' most poignant and enduring literary legacy.

WILL EISNER (1917-2005) es conocido en todo el mundo por ser uno de los grandesmaestros del cómic. En 1940 creó a THE SPIRIT, que se publicó por todo el mundo durante muchos años e influyó a una generación entera de jóvenes dibujantes. En 1952, cuando concluyó la serie, Eisner se puso a trabajar en el, por aquel entonces inexplorado, campo de los cómics educativos. A mediados de los setenta, Eisner retornó a su primer amor: el arte secuencial como instrumento narrativo. En 1978 escribió y dibujó CONTRATO CON DIOS, considerada como la primera novela gráfica de la historia. Desde entonces ha producido muchas otras novelas gráficas, tanto satíricas como dramáticas, y algunas de ellas han obtenido premios no sólo en Estados Unidos sino también en el resto del mundo. Cuando Eisner se reunía para charlar con otros maestros del medio gráfico, de la talla de Milton Caniff,Jack Kirby o Neal Adams, el resultado siempre era un buen número de contenidos de vital importancia para cualquier persona que trabaje en la industria de cómic, indispensables para cualquiera que desee adentrarse en él. Publicadas periódicamente en la revista SPIRIT y en el WILL EISNER ’S QUARTERLY, las entrevistas incluidas en este libro fluyen de forma natural para crear un compendio de secretos técnicos, anécdotas divertidas y lecciones sobre la historia del mundo del noveno arte.

Una nueva entrega de LOS ARCHIVOS DE THE SPIRIT, una verdadera enciclopedia del arte gráfico y de la experimentación narrativa de los años treinta. Will Eisner se convirtió en una leyenda gracias a esta mezcla de detective privado y superhéroe.

"Le Spirit doit devenir une encyclopédie virtuelle, si ce n''est une bible, de la manière de concevoir la bande dessinée." - Archie Goodwin (scénariste, éditeur) Les comics existaient depuis de longues années avant que Will Eisner n''entre dans la danse, et il avait eu bien d''autres innovateurs avant lui : les illustrations incroyablement détaillées et l''imagination débridée des mises en page de Winsor McKay ; le ménage à trois, surréaliste de beauté, conçu par George Herriman ; ou l''audace du clair-obscur et des personnages réalistes de Milton Caniff. Et encore, ce ne sont là que les plus évidents. Mais les comics n''avaient jamais connu personne comme Eisner ; sachant allier ce qui s''était fait de meilleur, jusqu''alors, à de nombreuses innovations personnelles. Eisner s''éloigna durant plusieurs années de l''atelier de production qu''il partageait avec Jerry Iger, suite à une offre du journal Register and Tribune. Il y produisit ce que l''on finirait par appeler la "Section du Spirit", un supplément format comics, tout en couleurs, pour les éditions du dimanche destinées à leurs abonnés. Bien qu''il ait été à l''époque responsable de tout le contenu, le Spirit était la véritable contribution d''Eisner, non seulement au journal, mais à la bande dessinée elle-même. La Section du Spirit était un véritable hybride : à la fois comic strip et comic book. Les comics tels qu''on les connaît sont nés en tant que réimpressions des strips paraissant dans les quotidiens. Et en un renversement de l''histoire, un comics allait à présent être produit pour un journal. Rien de tel n''avait jamais été fait, et l''expérience ne serait jamais plus tentée. Avec ses histoires du Spirit, longues de sept ou huit pages chacune, Eisner nous offrit des Comics qui chantaient et dansaient, riaient et pleuraient, et qui pouvaient voler...

Thrill to the exciting adventures of wartime hero Blackhawk and hismultinational squad of freedom fighters. This special hardcover collectionreprints the Blackhawk stories from MILITARY COMICS #1-17. Included: A map ofBlackhawk island!

Will Eisner is a master of the comics medium, and when he got together to chat with other masters of the medium, what came of it was a collection of information vital to everyone working in the industry, and indispensable to anyone looking to get into it. Featuring interviews with Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Jack Davis, Neal Adams, C.C. Beck, Milton Caniff, Gill Fox, Harvey Kurtzman, and distribution guru Phil Seuling, Will Eisner''s Shop Talk is chock full of golden tidbits of comics knowledge.

Eisner continues his series of adaptations of classic tales with this charming and delightfully humourous rendition of Cervantes Don Quixote. The famous knight was quite a gentleman, man of honour and idealist, his selflessness and gallantry made him a legend. A touching story given a new edge by the beautiful full colour illustration and unique interpretation by the master story teller Will Eisner.

Collects stories from classic Spirit adventures in which a murdered detective fights crime from beyond the grave.

In the sixth installment of this hardcover collection of theSpirit Sunday strips, Will Eisner''s gifted assistants carry on weavingtales of the masked adventurer feared by criminals of all stripes. WithAmerica''s involvement in World War II intensifying, the Spirit continues tocontribute to the war effort while dealing with domestic troublemakers atthe same time. Included in this volume, which contains the strips fromJanuary 3 - June 27, 1943, is an introduction and gallery by Will Eisner,which details the work that the writer/artist did for the Army during thewar.

Le jour où le vieil immeuble fut remplacé par un énorme building, 4 fantômes apparurent ...

The third in Will Eisner''s series of adaptations of the classics. This is the story of a man dangerously obsessed with seeking vengeance against a great white whale that pushes him and his reluctant crew in a quest against a formidable beast, against all odds and oblivious to the great risk to life and limb.

Examines the fundamentals of storytelling in comic book style and offers advice on story construction and visual narratives.

For most of the 20th century, the work of cartoonist and graphic novelist Will Eisner defined the art of comic book storytelling in the U.S. and throughout the world. Still prolific today at the age of 86, Eisner is the embodiment of \"living legend\" in the world of comic books, continuing to produce some of the most innovative and influential work in the medium. This all-new hardcover collection of Eisner''s gorgeous pencil sketches and groundbreaking designs is a must-have for pop-culture enthusiasts and fans of comic books. Culled from many decades'' worth of work, the Sketchbook presents the world as seen through Will Eisner''s eyes, with introductory notes for each of the eleven different sections. From his observations of his friends and loved ones hustling through their busy daily lives to witnessing those quiet moments when no one is supposed to be watching, Eisner''s keen perception and steadfast hand capture the essence of what it means to be alive.

Chronicles the lives of ordinary people surviving the Great Depression in the Bronx, portraying the economic collapse, leftist politics, and rise in Nazism.

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.The Building is 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.