A quartet of graphic works--New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People--explores the lives and landscapes of the diverse inhabitants of the urban jungle of the Big Apple.[...]
A collection of brilliant short-story gems, including "A Sunset in Sunshine City" an ode to memory and nostalgia inspired by Eisner's transition to life in Florida after his "retirement" in 1985."[...]
Winner of the 2001 Harvey Award Best Graphic Album of Original Work for "Last Day in Vietnam", 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, a[...]
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 [...]
In a work more disturbing than fiction, "the father of graphic novels" (The New York Times) Will Eisner examines the outrageous fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which purports to be the actual blueprint by Jewish leaders to take over the world. Hatched as an anti-Semitic plot by t[...]
In a work more disturbing than fiction, "the father of graphic novels" ("The New York Times") Will Eisner examines the outrageous fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which purports to be the actual blueprint by Jewish leaders to take over the world. Hatched as an anti-Semitic plot by[...]
With graphic narrative that 'was closer to the writing of Bernard Malamud or Isaac Bashevis Singer than any comic art which had preceded it' (The Economist), A Contract with God, originally published in 1978, was the first graphic novel: the prototype - along with Life Force and Dropsie Avenue - for[...]
In "Life, in Pictures" the master of graphic arts presents an intimate and personal perspective on his life as a writer, a professional and an artist. "The Dreamer" and "To the Heart of the Storm" describe Will Eisner's gritty early life and career, while two shorter pieces illuminate the bookends o[...]
A portrait of Jacob Shtarkah and his existential quest for meaning is set against the backdrop of the lives of ordinary people struggling to survive the Great Depression in the Bronx, portraying the economic collapse, leftist politics, and rise in Nazism. Reprint.[...]
A single-volume edition of a classic Great Depression graphic novel series documents its role in launching the graphic novel as an art form, in a collection that fictionally depicts its creator's bittersweet struggles with a vengeful God within a tenement district. Reprint.[...]
For the first time in Norton paperback, from "one of the legends of American comics" ("Financial Times"), here are four extraordinary graphic novels celebrating the Big Apple.Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflow[...]
A historical novel touching on prejudice, assimilation, and anti-Semitism, this sweeping saga takes us from New York in the eighteenth century to Vienna before World War I, and finally to America during the depression and World War II.[...]
Portrays the metamorphosis of a South Bronx neighborhood as it undergoes a transformation from a rural to an urban environment, and experiences waves of new immigrants moving into and out of the area, from colonial times to the present. Reprint.[...]
Each of these powerful graphic novels confirms Will Eisner as a master of the genre. In this trio of classics, Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. "A Family Matter" starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday o[...]
In this classic graphic novel, Will Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. A Family Matter starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday of its patriarch. While they must decide how best to provide for him, he ends [...]
Each of these powerful graphic novels confirms Will Eisner as a master of the genre. In this trio of classics, Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. "A Family Matter" starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday o[...]
Loosely based on the story of Eisner's wife's family, this epic tale spanning three generations of power and privilege explores wealth, marriage, and jealousy in a sprawling American dynasty.[...]
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 [...]
Norton presents here two classic drawing textbooks, revised and enhanced for a new generation. Based on Will Eisner's legendary course at New York's School of Visual Arts, these guides have inspired generations of artists, students, teachers and fans. In "Comics and Sequential Art", Eisner reveals t[...]
Norton presents here two classic drawing textbooks, revised and enhanced for a new generation. Based on Will Eisner's legendary course at New York's School of Visual Arts, these guides have inspired generations of artists, students, teachers and fans. In "Comics and Sequential Art", Eisner reveals t[...]
Designed and outlined by Will Eisner before his death in 2005, the third and final book in the "Will Eisner Instructional Series" reveals the secrets of Eisner's techniques and theories of movement, body mechanics, facial expressions and posture: the key components of graphic storytelling. This post[...]
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 these strips you can see the young Eisner's imagination expand[...]
Presents a collection of twenty-two Spirit stories from 1940-1950, featuring the adventures of Eisner's famous crime fighter.[...]
Written by Will Eisner Art and cover by Will Eisner With Frank Miller's movie version of Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT set to hit theatres in December, DC Comics collects some of the most memorable stories pitting The Spirit against his most sultry opponents! Featuring 23 selected tales of mystery orig[...]