Biografia
Will Eisner
- Data di nascita
- Data di morte3 gennaio 2005 · Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, Stati Uniti (complicazioni da intervento chirurgico di bypass coronarico quadruplo)
- Nome alla nascitaWilliam Erwin Eisner
- Soprannome
- Grandfather of the Graphic Novel
- Altezza1,78 m
- Will Eisner è nato il 6 marzo 1917. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È conosciuto come sceneggiatore. È celebre per aver partecipato a The Spirit (2008), Il gigante di ferro (1999) e Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle. È stata sposato con Ann Louise Weingarten. Morì il 3 gennaio 2005. Luogo di morte: Usa.
- ConiugeAnn Louise Weingarten(15 gennaio 1950 - 3 gennaio 2005) (morte del marito, 2 bambini)
- BambiniAlice Eisner
- Graphic portrayal of Violence
- Noir and mystery themes
- Unique artwork with heavy emphasis on form and color
- Best known as the Creator of "The Spirit"
- Attended high school with "Batman" creator Bob Kane.
- The "Oscar" of the comic book industry is named in his honor. "The Will Eisner Awards", also known as the "Eisners", were established in 1987, and until his death in 2005, he personally handed out the awards during the ceremonies held at the San Diego Comic Book Conventions.
- The last project he worked on was the graphic novel "The Plot: The Secret History of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'". Completed in the last month of his life and published posthumously, it is a dramatized examination of the infamous and libelous anti-Semitic book, featuring an introduction by Umberto Eco and an afterward by Professor Stephen Eric Bronner.
- Comics writer Neil Gaiman and writer/artist Frank Miller have both named him as their all-time favorite comic creator.
- He is considered to be among the most important comic book writers of all time.
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