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Volume One |
by Will Eisner, Dick French, William Woolfolk,
& Reed Crandall |
Hardcover: 240 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563897008 |
$49.95
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hardbound volume, one of the latest in DC's impressive ARCHIVES series,
reprints the origin and first appearances of Blackhawk from MILITARY COMICS,
beginning in August of 1941. The Blackhawk series was originally
written by Will Eisner, the creator of the Spirit. |
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COMICS
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SEQUENTIAL
ART |
| by Will Eisner |
Paperback: 164 pages
Poorhouse Press
ISBN: 0961472812 |
$19.95
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| Based on the
popular course Eisner taught for several years at New York's School of
Visual Arts, this lovingly written book on visual storytelling contains
an accumulation of his ideas, theories and advice on the practice of graphic
story-telling and the uses to which the comic book art form can be applied.
Whether you're a film student, literature student, artist or simply a fan
of good storytelling, you'll love this book filled with Eisner's cartoons. |
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Legendary comics
creator Will Eisner turns a fine eye toward the principles of graphic storytelling
in this extraordinary work, based on his popular Sequential Art course
at New York's School of Visual Art. Readers will learn the basic anatomy
of sequential art, the fundamentals of crafting stories, and how the medium
works as a means of expression--a literary form that uses the arrangement
of images and words to narrate a story or dramatize an idea. Eisner has
created the most insightful and dynamic examination of the comic art form
to date. It's perfect for use by the serious student, practicing professional
and curious comic fan. The accumulation of ideas, theories and advice culled
from his more than sixty years of experience is stunning to behold.
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"Eisner has written an important,
possibly definitive guide book to the creative process."
--Publishers
Weekly
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About the Author
Will Eisner is universally
acknowledged as one of the great masters of comic book art. His famous
weekly newspaper comic book insert, "The Spirit," made him one of the most
influential comic book creators of all time. In 1978, Eisner wrote and
drew the pioneering graphic novel, A Contract with God. For 18 years he
taught classes in Sequential Art at New York's School of Visual Art, and
in that time produced eight more graphic novels. Will Eisner lives in Tamarac,
Florida. |
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FAMILY MATTER |
| by Will Eisner |
Paperback: 76 pages
Kitchen Sink Press
ISBN: 0878166203 |
$15.95
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who created the masked crime-fighter the Spirit in 1940, is one of the
few early comic-books veterans still active and certainly the only one
turning out new work more ambitious than the genre tales for which he is
best known. Eisner now mostly creates graphic novels depicting Jewish life
in America. In the latest, family members prepare to observe their patriarch's
ninetieth birthday as he sits silent and paralyzed after a stroke. |
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portrays the clan's ambitions, pretensions, and disappointments broadly.
At the gathering, as long-standing resentments surface, family members
face deciding how to provide for the old man, and he makes a crucial choice
of his own. Family Matter lacks the scale of some of Eisner's newer work
and features bluntly one-dimensional characters. But its depiction of how
families are held together by a force "that sometimes seems to be neither
love nor loyalty" rings true. Moreover, Eisner's drawing here, less slick
and dramatic than that of his prime, has an agreeable looseness that helps
convey the story movingly.
--Gordon
Flagg
Copyright
© 1998, American Library Association. All rights reserved.
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GRAPHIC
STORYTELLING |
| by Will Eisner |
Paperback: 164 pages
Poorhouse Press
ISBN: 0961472820 |
$24.95
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| A companion
to Comics & Sequential Art, this book takes the principles examined
in that title and applies them to the process of graphic storytelling.
Eisner shows comic artists, filmmakers and graphic designers how to craft
stories in a visual medium. They'll also learn why mastering the basics
of storytelling is far more important than the hollow flash and dazzle
seen in lesser work. |
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learn everything from the fine points of graphic storytelling to the big
picture of the comics medium, including how to: * Use art that enhances
your story, rather than obscuring it * Wield images like narrative tools
* Write and illustrate effective dialogue * Develop ideas that can be turned
into dynamic stories These lessons and more are illustrated with storytelling
samples from Eisner himself along with other comic book favorites, including
Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, Milton Caniff and Al
Capp. |
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SUNDIATA
A
Legend of Africa:
The
Lion of Mali |
| Retold by Will Eisner |
Hardcover: 32 pages
NBM Publishing
ISBN: 1561633321 |
$15.95
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| In this tale
from the land of Mali, the ruler Sumanguru cannot satisfy his ambition
enough. When he encounters the Gray Rock of Evil, his powers are multiplied
manifold. Now able to manipulate the elements, he goes on a rampage of
conquests. However, the rock is devious and prepares an enemy for him,
one he knows Sumanguru will pay no heed to: a crippled child. |
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