Heavy Metal magazine gave Will Eisner: A Spirited Life by Bob Andelman a great review in its March 2006 issue.
S.C. Ringgenberg wrote, in part, "It's likely to stand for some time as the definitive profile of this influential and talented comics genius, who, sadly left us at the beginning of 2005... This book is essential reading for any fan of Eisner, or anyone who is curious about the inner workings of the comics industry in its early days, and its heyday of the late 1940s... Once I picked this book up, I found it hard to put down. I give this book my heartiest recommendation."
For more reviews of Bob Andelman's Will Eisner: A Spirited Life -- as well as interviews with the author -- click here.
The Brazilian theatrical adaptation of Will Eisner's graphic novel, "Dropsie Avenue," returns to the stage in Rio de Janeiro for a limited run in August after winning two regional Shell Awards.
(Photo by Mimi Andelman.)
Bob Andelman gave a well-received talk and slide show about Will Eisner at the Milwaukee Art Museum on June 11, 2006. He was invited to speak there as part of the mammoth "Masters of American Comics" exhibition, which runs through August 13, 2006. The family was extremely well treated on its first-ever visit to Milwaukee and everybody had a great time, visiting local landmarks such as Mater's, Usinger's, Milwaukee Public Market and Miller Park (home of the Brewers). (For more pictures from Milwaukee, click here!) If you ever get the chance to visit the city, go!
For more photos from Bob Andelman's Will Eisner: A Spirited Life book tour, click here.
Howard Chaykin (pictured here with Will Eisner biographer Bob Andelman at Megacon 2006 in Orlando) was the first comics creator featured in a new series of Eisner-related interviews appearing every Monday at http://www.aspiritedlife.com/blog/! Come back every Monday for a little something new about Will Eisner to enhance your reading of Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, available at bookstores everywhere!
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The highly acclaimed new Dark Horse Comics/M Press authorized biography, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, by Bob Andelman, is now in bookstores across the United States and Canada. And this is the official web site delivering the latest news about Eisner, his projects and his press clippings, as well as author appearances, contact and rights information for Bob Andelman.
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Comics legend Will Eisner lives on
in a new biography, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life!
Dark Horse's prose imprint M Press is proud to present a new biography on one of comics' true legends, Will Eisner. Will Eisner: A Spirited Life is the only authorized and extensively researched biography of Eisner over three years in the making. Chock full of entertaining anecdotes told by the comic industry's top talents, A Spirited Life pays tribute to a true American original whose legacy will forever be felt not only in comic books and graphic novels but in commercial illustration, fine art, film, television and multimedia.
Pop culture would never have been the same without Will Eisner. Internationally recognized as the founding father of an utterly American medium--comic books--Eisner pioneered this art form in the late 1930s, and continued to shape its direction until his passing at 87 in 2005. This personality-driven biography, written by Bob Andelman, explores the fascinating life of Eisner and details a career that stretched over 70 years. Eisner spearheaded the cause of comics for adult readers (including 30 years spent producing comics for the U.S. Army and corporate clients such as General Motors and the United Nations) and in 1978 published the first widely recognized graphic novel, A Contract With God.
Eisner trained some of the world's greatest comic art talent: Bob Kane (Batman); Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four); Jules Feiffer; Dave Berg (Mad); and Joe Kubert (Tarzan). Eisner also inspired generations of modern artists and writers, including Frank Miller (Sin City), Robert Crumb, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman (Sandman, American Gods), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) Brad Bird (The Incredibles), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts) and Art Spiegelman (Maus).
"The Spirit," Eisner's most famous comics character is in pre-production as a major motion picture from Batman Begins producer Michael Uslan. And the Spirit will join the DC Comics Universe in December in an ongoing monthly title that will bring the character into the realm of Batman and Superman for the first time. The "Oscars" of the comic book world are the "Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards," have been given annually at San Diego's Comic-Con International since 1987.
"I spent three years with Will in his studio and his home, as well as poring through his substantial archives and interviewing dozens of his colleagues, friends and family," said biographer Bob Andelman, who also wrote the introduction for DC Comics' upcoming The Spirit Archives Vol. 17. "We should all be lucky enough to have left such consistent and positive impressions on so many people for so many years."
Featuring an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) and an appreciation by Neal Adams, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life ships to stores October 26, 2005, with a retail price of $14.95.
ISBN: 1-59582-011-6
Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas HC $ 16.96 In 1936, a 20-year-old artist using the name Willis B. Rensie jump-started the comic-book medium. Writing and illustrating an action-packed weekly serial called "Hawks of the Seas" --a pirate adventure series set in the 18th-century Caribbean--the artist created one dynamic strip after another...
Best of the Spirit TPB $ 12.74 DC Comics is proud to present its first-ever collection celebrating the greatest stories by comics mastermind Will Eisner starring one of the most indelible characters ever created: The Spirit! THE BEST OF THE SPIRIT reprints 22 Spirit sections from 1940-1950, featuring famous first appearances...
Will Eisner Sketchbook (New Edition) $ 42.46 For most of the 20th century, the work of cartoonist and graphic novelist Will Eisner defined the art of comic book storytelling in the U.S. and throughout the world. Eisner was the embodiment of "living legend" in the world of comic books, continuing ...
Eisner/Miller TPB - $ 16.96 Finally available is this fascinating discourse between two of this medium's greatest contributors-living comics legend Will Eisner and Sin City creator and co-director Frank Miller. It would be hard to imagine any creators who have affected their chosen medium more than Eisner and Miller have influ...
The Spirit Lunchbox - $ 8.99 Featuring splash panels by the indomitable Will Eisner, The Spirit lunchbox is truly a thing of beauty. These stand alone works of graphic art were a natural choice for Dark Horse to place on our old fashioned tin lunchboxes. From his secret hideaway in Wildwood Cemetary, The Spirit fights crime, ch...
Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #6 - $ 8.95 In these pages, the Spirit meets the Escapist! That's right-legendary comics godfather Will Eisner returns to his world-famous creation for a meeting that neither WWII-era hero will soon forget. This is the first new Spirit story both written and drawn by Eisner to see print in decades! Also in this...
Will Eisner and authorized biographer Bob Andelman
at Eisner's studio in South Florida, August 2003. (Photo by Pete Eisner)
Seen at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida, February 26, 2006: Comic book legends Nick Cardy (L) and Al Feldstein (R), congratulate author Bob Andelman on the publication of his new biography, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life. Cardy and Feldstein were among 75 Eisner friends,family and business associates interviewed for the book. (See more MegaCon photos here.)
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