Tag: Will Eisner

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...

Francesco Fracavilla is taking over writing and art duties for a new Spirit five issue series from Dynamite.

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...

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...

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...

Today, Dynamite announced that they've acquired the rights to Will Eisner's Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and plan to team her up with her historical inspiration Tarzan for a jungle crossover that would make Phil Colins...

If you missed it, earlier today Dynamite made the following big announcements: They're opening an office in Manhattan They're partnering with Atari to reprint Atari Force and make new licensed comics They're publishing A Train Called Love, a...

While most comics fans are familiar with Will Eisner and his many contributions to comics, most are not aware that he also created a charitable foundation. The Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation "fosters innovation and...

by Brandon Schatz One day before the madness of this year's San Diego Comic Con officially begins, Dynamite has announced their future intentions for Will Eisner's The Spirit. Most recently, the character has been a tangental part...

As mentioned earlier this week, The Beat is 10 years old this month! What was it like in the primitive days of 2004? Thanks to the wonders of digital archiving we can tell you! We can even take you back to San Diego 2004 for a look at skinnier but not necessarily better versions of many Beat favorites. So step with us behind the veils of time for....

Among people I talk to about cons and comics, about half won’t bother to go to Wizard World Cons, about a quarter might go, but usually have mediocre things to say about them, and...

Brooklyn's Scott Eder Gallery has announced an impressive show for next month devoted to art, sketches and other drawings from Will Eisner's A Contract With God, the groundbreaking graphic novel that helped inspire comics...