Will Eisner

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 March 1917
Died3 January 2005 (age 87)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits22

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by h…