The Spirit Archives, Volume 26 [Hardcover]

Will Eisner (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 23, 2009

The very last SPIRIT ARCHIVES volume brings this award-winning series to a spectacular end! This amazing collection features nearly impossible-to-find post-1952 Spirit material by legendary creator Will Eisner including stories originally published by companies including Harvey Comics, Kitchen Sink Press, The New York Herald Tribune and many more!

Closing the door on DC's massive republishing effort of classic comics spotlighting the Spirit, this volume is a genuine collector's treasure trove. Old fans and new readers alike won't want to miss this farewell edition!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (June 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401219748
• ISBN-13: 978-1401219741
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #660,590 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Hipster Spies With His Mystic Eye---Eisner/Spirit Miscellenia, October 2, 2009

By 

The Mystic Eye Of The Hipster (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Spirit Archives, Volume 26 (Hardcover)

Cover art, portfolio art, & unfinished stories abound in this final volume in the series.

Don't neglect it--Eisner's genius is all too clear in the images in this book.

My collection is complete.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Master's final work on a beloved character, December 8, 2009

By 

Ross Bigley "Dirty Job Films" (Milwaukee) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Spirit Archives, Volume 26 (Hardcover)

Its great seeing never before reprinted work from the 60's and 70's, seeing Eisner handling the full art chores for a change. A true master. Sadly, if I was someone who paid retail I'd be upset since the majority of this seems like a portfolio of Kitchen Sink covers, thankfully I got this at Amazon at a reduced cost.