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Will Eisner |
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Will Eisner was a multi-award-winning American
cartoonist who created The Spirit. He was
the writer of A Contract with God, To the Heart
of the Storm, Invisible People, and Dropsie Avenue.
Eisner was a pioneering force in comics for over
six decades, consequently, the comic industry's
highest honor, the Eisner Award, was named for
him. He was a multi-faceted artist who coined the
term "sequential art" and was a pioneer of the
graphic novel.
Will founded the American Visual Corporation
in 1951, which published numerous official
manuals in comic form, magazines and other
instructional materials for the government,
related agencies, businesses and schools.
He was also an educator who taught classes
for years at the School of Visual Arts in
New York City, and authored two definitive
instructional books on the medium, Comics
and Sequential Art and Graphic Storytelling.
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Biographical fast facts |
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Full or original name at birth: William Erwin Eisner
Date and place of birth: March 6, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Date, place and cause of death: January 3, 2005,
at Florida Medical Center, Lauderdale Lakes,
Florida, U.S.A. * (Complications from heart bypass surgery)
Marriage
Wife: Ann Louise Weingarten (m. June 15, 1950 - January 3, 2005) (his death)
Children
Son: John David Eisner
Daughter: Alice Carol Eisner
Parents
Father: Samuel Eisner
Mother: Fannie Eisner
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Error correction or clarification |
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* He did not die at
"Florida Lakes Hospital" as one source erroneously claims.
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