The Outer Space Spirit [Hardcover]

Will Eisner (Author), Wallace Wood (Author), Jules Feiffer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 87 pages
• Publisher: Kitchen Sink Pr (Nrt) (December 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878160078
• ISBN-13: 978-0878160075
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,721,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

WILL EISNER was born William Erwin Eisner on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death on January 3, 2005, Will Eisner was recognized internationally as one of the giants in the field of sequential art, a term he coined.

In a career that spanned nearly eight decades -- from the dawn of the comic book to the advent of digital comics - Will Eisner was truly the 'Orson Welles of comics' and the 'father of the Graphic Novel'. He broke new ground in the development of visual narrative and the language of comics and was the creator of The Spirit, John Law, Lady Luck, Mr. Mystic, Uncle Sam, Blackhawk, Sheena and countless others.

During World War II, Will Eisner used the comic format to develop training and equipment maintenance manuals for the US Army. After the war this continued as the Army's "PS Magazine" which is still being produced today. Will Eisner taught Sequential Arts at the New York School of Visual Arts. The textbooks that he wrote based on his course are still bestsellers. In 1978, Will Eisner wrote "A Contract with God," the first modern Graphic Novel. This was followed by almost 20 additional graphic novels over the following 25 years.

The "Oscars" of the Comic Industry are called The Eisner Awards, and named after Will Eisner. The Eisners are presented annually before a packed ballroom at Comi-Con International in San Diego, America's largest comics convention.

Wizard magazine named Eisner "the most influential comic artist of all time." Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-prize winning novel "Kavalier and Clay" is based in good part on Eisner. In 2002, Eisner received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Federation for Jewish Culture, only the second such honor in the organization's history, presented by Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman.

You can always find more information about Will Eisner at www.willeisner.com.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An "Outer Space" Review, June 12, 2000

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Edward T. Yaekle - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Outer Space Spirit: 1952 (The Spirit) (Paperback)

This is definitely NOT a typical Spirit adventure, but has it's own merit, with the Spirit doing his "thing" in an outer space setting. The best part of the book (which makes it truly worthwhile) are the several page introductions that include a 1952 history lesson concerning the Spirit comic in major newspapers and the comments by Will Eisner, himself.