Eisner, Will

The author examines, in comic book format, how the anti-Semitism of his youth in the 1920s and '30s shapes his personality and life.

Presents color reprints of twenty-two issues of the comic book "The Spirit," spanning 1940-50, in which presumed-dead detective Denny Colt becomes a masked crime fighter.

A graphic novel by Will Eisner that depicts the rise of modern antisemitic thought in the world.

A retelling in comic strip form of the African epic in which an ugly, crippled child grows up to become the liberator and founder of the great empire of old Mali.

Ishmael, a sailor, recounts the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him. Presented in comic book format.

A collection of graphic stories by Will Eisner that capture the gritty underside of New York City and its residents.

A discussion of comic strips and books as a distinct art and literary form, examining the different elements of the form through examples of the author's own work, and arguing that sequential art is deserving of serious consideration by both critic and practitioner.

Presents a republication of the graphic novel first published in 1978 that depicts the lives and dreams of a group of people living in a Bronx tenement.

Examines the fundamentals of storytelling in comic book style and offers advice on story construction and visual narratives.

A black-and-white graphic novel chronicle of the rise, decline, and rebirth of a neighborhood in the South Bronx over the course of more than one hundred years.