Will Eisner
Actor
- Born
- March 6, 1917 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- January 3, 2005 (age 87)
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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.
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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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Known for
Comic Book Confidential
June 14, 1989
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
July 1, 2003
Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
April 25, 2007
Comic Books & Superheroes
June 26, 2001
The Masters of Comic Book Art
January 1, 1987
The Overstreet World of Comic Books
January 1, 1993
The Comic Book Greats: Will Eisner
December 31, 1992
The Comic Book Greats: Compendium
December 31, 1992
Desenheiros do Instagram
February 1, 2026
Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop
January 1, 2005
Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story
Acting12
- 2026Desenheiros do Instagram as Archive footage
- 2007Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
- 2005Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop as Self
- 2003Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked as Self
- 2001Comic Books & Superheroes as Self
- 1999Will Eisner: Profissão Cartunista as Self
- 1993The Overstreet World of Comic Books as Self
- 1992The Comic Book Greats: Will Eisner as Self
- 1992The Comic Book Greats: Compendium as Self
- 1989Comic Book Confidential