Friday, April 27, 2007
James Vance: I Stole From Will, Too!
"Like a lot of people, I stole bits and pieces from Will Eisner, though mostly in areas that aren't readily evident."
-- Graphic novelist James Vance commenting on Eisner's influence on his body of work, which includes Kings in Disguise, as well as stories for Batman, Aliens and Predator. He was interviewed by James Davis in the Daily Utah Chronicle, a student publication at the University of Utah.
Labels: Daily Utah Chronicle, James Davis, James Vance, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life
Ray Billingsley: I Remember Will
Ray Billingsley (center), with cartoonist friends and mentors
Will Eisner (L) and Mort Walker (R).
(Photograph courtesy Ray Billingsley)
"Will was a tough MF’er!"
-- Former Will Eisner student Ray Billingsley on his days under the master's guidance at New York City's School of Visual Arts. The comment was made with great warmth and affection; read the rest of the Mr. Media interview with Billingsley here.
Labels: Curtis, Ray Billingsley, School for Visual Arts, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life
R.I. filmmakers at Tribeca
The Providence Journal/ProJo.com
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Rhode Island filmmakers will be well represented at this year’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. The feature-length Rhode Island-made The Education of Charlie Banks and the feature-length documentary Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist will each have several screenings this week and next.
The Education of Charlie Banks, about a young man who finds a dreaded high school enemy has turned up on his college campus, was directed by former Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst on locations in Pawtucket and Providence last summer. It will be screened from Friday through Sunday at various Manhattan theaters.
Marisa Polvino, who produced the film for Michael Corrente’s company, said on the phone from New York that they will try to sell the film to a distributor during the festival in hopes of getting a later national release.
Brothers Jon B. Cooke of West Kingston and Andrew D. Cooke of New York City filmed the documentary about Eisner, a comic book illustrator who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the art when it began in the 1930s. Will Eisner will have its world premiere at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the AMC Village VII cinemas, followed by screenings Saturday and May 1 and 6 at various Manhattan theaters.
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01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Rhode Island filmmakers will be well represented at this year’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. The feature-length Rhode Island-made The Education of Charlie Banks and the feature-length documentary Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist will each have several screenings this week and next.
The Education of Charlie Banks, about a young man who finds a dreaded high school enemy has turned up on his college campus, was directed by former Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst on locations in Pawtucket and Providence last summer. It will be screened from Friday through Sunday at various Manhattan theaters.
Marisa Polvino, who produced the film for Michael Corrente’s company, said on the phone from New York that they will try to sell the film to a distributor during the festival in hopes of getting a later national release.
Brothers Jon B. Cooke of West Kingston and Andrew D. Cooke of New York City filmed the documentary about Eisner, a comic book illustrator who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the art when it began in the 1930s. Will Eisner will have its world premiere at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the AMC Village VII cinemas, followed by screenings Saturday and May 1 and 6 at various Manhattan theaters.
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Labels: Andrew D. Cooke, Jon B. Cooke, Will Eisner, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
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