Tuesday Jan 04, 2005

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I will miss Will Eisner. He died today, a few days after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery.

WillEisner.com is his official website and had a lengthly biography and such. Will wrote and drews the Spirit and a Contract with God and Comics and Sequential Art. He knew a lot about comics and he thought a lot about comics and he elevated the art form just by being in it.
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cobalt:
I'm truly bummed. I have all the Spirit hardcovers so far and most of his graphic novels. The Spirts have never looked better (even the ones by Lou Fine, ect when Eisner was in the military). I've always wanted an original Spirit Page, but while he was alive, he only sold complete stories for prices WAAAY beyond my price range. Not likely his work will go down in price, and with Denis Kitchen presumably in charge of his estate (at least the Artwork), I imagine he will continue to uphold Eisner's stipulations when selling the artwork. Maybe some day I'll proudly own a piece - I believe that most if not all the original pages exist, wisely saved by Eisner himself. That shit belongs in a museum!!!
bbkaro:
Shit. I just found out.

He will be missed.

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