Creators Paul Levitz, Scott McCloud, Emil Ferris and Richard Bruning talk about the continued legacy of Will Eisner and how his audacity to break the mold continues to inspire the graphic novel medium today.
Dare2Draw, Art Students League, and Kyle Baker celebrate Kirby & Eisner with live drawing event
Looking for something fun, free, and nerdy to do with your Saturday? Dust off your sketchbook & register for free tickets to Dare2Draw’s celebration of Kirby and Eisner at the Art Students League.
WATCH: The 2017 HeroesCon Mega-Panel celebrating Eisner and Kirby at 100
Every year I go to HeroesCon in Charlotte, the show that is easily the best for comics culture in the entire Southeast, maybe even on the East Coast in total. Nothing really comes close around my neck of the woods. And the biggest highlight from that show every year? Well, that has to be the […]
On the Scene: Frank Miller and Klaus Janson remember Will Eisner and when Neal Adams told Miller to pump gas
As part of Will Eisner Week, celebrating the life and career of the visionary comic creator, 100 Years of Genius: The Life and Legacy of Will Eisner, a conversation between frequent comic creators Frank Miller and Klaus Janson was held this week at the SVA Theater. Known for their past critically acclaimed and celebrated […]
INTERVIEW: Ray Bilingsley reveals the hard lessons Will Eisner and the comics industry taught him
by Alex Dueben Ray Bilingsley started freelancing professionally when he was twelve years old. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, where he studied under Will Eisner, Billingsley became the youngest syndicated cartoonist in the country when his first strip “Lookin’ Fine” was launched. Since 1988, he’s been writing and drawing “Curtis,” which is […]
Gross, Peter, Prohias and Seda selected for the Eisner Hall of Fame
As is tradition, this year’s Eisner Award judges have selected four cartoonists for entry into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. They are: Milt Gross (early newspaper cartoonist known for such strips as Count Screwloose of Tooloose, Nize Baby, andThat’s My Pop!), H. G. Peter (original Wonder Woman artist), Antonio Prohias (creator of MAD’s “Spy […]
Francesco Francavilla set to write and draw The Spirit: The Corpse Makers
Francesco Fracavilla is taking over writing and art duties for a new Spirit five issue series from Dynamite.
Give me money Part 1: 2016 Will Eisner Scholarship submissions open until 5/6
The Society of Illustrators is presenting the 2016 WILL EISNER SCHOLAR, an honor that comes with a $5000 grant. The scholarship is open to juniors with the money to be used for their senior year of art education. Potential scholars can only be nominated by Department Chairs or Administrators for Undergraduate Programs. The program is […]
CrowdWatch: Locust Moon to publish long lost Will Eisner comic strips
Well speak of the devil, here’s a new Kickstarter from the Locust Moon folks that plans to reprint some long lost early work by Will Eisner. The story of how it came to light is one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard: A collector outside Philly discovered 104 zinc plates engraved with work that […]
So who REALLY created the graphic novel?
Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel is a new book by former DC publisher Paul Levitz that looks at Eisner’s historical contribution to comics. And New York magazine has just excerpted the chapter in which Levitz discusses how and why Eisner is credited with being the midwife of the graphic novel form. Of course […]