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Will Eisner

Will Eisner

William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book Comics and Sequential Art.

The comics community paid tribute to Eisner by creating the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, more commonly known as "the Eisners", to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium. Eisner enthusiastically participated in the awards ceremony, congratulating each recipient. In 1987, with Carl Barks and Jack Kirby, he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

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Movies Starring Will Eisner (9)

Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007)

Arguably the most influential person in American comics, Will Eisner, as artist, entrepreneur, innovator, and visual storyteller, enjoyed a career that encompassed comic books from their early beginnings in the 1930s to their development as graphic novels ...

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Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked (2003)

Industry insiders like Stan Lee and Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) reflect on the way their colorful creations reflect society at large. They have spread from the pulpy pages of nickel comics to Saturday morning cartoons, the big screen and beyond. They have ev ...

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Comic Books & Superheroes (2001)

Comic book writers and artists discuss the depiction of superheroes in the medium. ...

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Will Eisner: Profissão Cartunista (1999)

Documentary that explores the long and remarkable career of Will Eisner, a pioneering cartoonist whose work continues to have an impact on pop culture around the world. Includes interviews with Ann Eisner, Art Spiegelman, Bill Sienkiewicz, Denis Kitchen, J ...

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The Overstreet World of Comic Books (1993)

A candid and in-depth look at the creators, the culture, and the collectibility of comics. ...

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The Comic Book Greats: Will Eisner (1992)

Stan Lee interviews Will Eisner ...

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The Comic Book Greats: Compendium (1992)

Compendium of Greatest Moments with artists from Comic Book Greats Series ...

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Comic Book Confidential (1989)

A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it. ...

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Movies Made By Will Eisner (7)

Blue Beetle (2023)

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an a ...

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The Spirit (2008)

A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus, who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, has other plans; he is going t ...

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The Iron Giant (1999)

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices. ...

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Flying Geraldo (1994)

A fantastic tale in the brutal reality of a slum. The life of a boy with the rare gift of flying. ...

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The Spirit (1987)

A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero. ...

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The Super (1985)

Scuggs, the utterly unpleasant super of a Bronx tenement is driven to desperate measures by an innocent-appearing, but manipulative 11 year-old girl. Based on the graphic novel by American Master Will Eisner, Meinecke combines larger-than-life characters, ...

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Blackhawk (1952)

Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the war, they continued to fight evil where ever they find it. In this movie, they are battling a group of spie ...

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