Will Eisner

Will Eisner (March 3, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer and artist who is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium. He is known for the cartooning studio he founded, his highly influential series The Spirit, his use of comics as an instructional medium for the U.S. military, 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 his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book Comics and Sequential Art.

Books

• A Contract with God (1978) (ISBN 1563896745)
• Will Eisner Color Treasury (1981, Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 087816006X)
• Spirit Color Album (1981, Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160027)
• Spirit Color Album, v2 (1983, Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160108)
• Spirit Color Album, v3 (1983, Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160116)
• Life on Another Planet (1983) (ISBN 0878163700)
• Comics and Sequential Art (1985) (ISBN 0961472804)
• The Dreamer (1986) (ISBN 1563896788)
• The Building (1987) (ISBN 0878160248)
• A Life Force (1988) (ISBN 0878160388)
• Art of Will Eisner (1989 2nd ed, Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160760)
• Outer Space Spirit (1989 Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160124)
• To the Heart of the Storm (1991) (ISBN 1563896796)
• The Will Eisner Reader (1991) (ISBN 0878161295)
• Invisible People (1993) (ISBN 0878162089)
• Dropsie Avenue (1995) (ISBN 0878163484)
• Christmas Spirit (1995 Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878163093)
• Spirit Casebook (199x Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878160949)
• Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative (1996) (ISBN 0961472839)
• The Princess and the Frog (1996) (ISBN 1561632449)
• All About P'Gell: Spirit Casebook II (1998 Kitchen Sink) (ISBN 0878164928)
• A Family Matter (1998) (ISBN 0878166211)
• Last Day in Vietnam (2000) (ISBN 1569715009)
• The Last Knight (2000) (ISBN 1561632511)
• Minor Miracles (2000) (ISBN 1563897512)
• New York: The Big City (2000) (ISBN 1563896826)
• The Spirit Archives:
• Volume 1 (2000) (ISBN 1563896737)
• Volume 2 (2000) (ISBN 1563896753)
• Volume 3 (2001) (ISBN 1563896761)
• Volume 4 (2001) (ISBN 1563897148)
• Volume 11 (2003) (ISBN 1563899892)
• Volume 12 (2003) (ISBN 1401200060)
• Volume 13 (2004) (ISBN 1401201490)
• Volume 14 (2004) (ISBN 140120158X)
• Volume 15 (2005) (ISBN 1401201628)
• Volume 16 (2005) (ISBN 1401204066)
• Will Eisner's Shop Talk (2001) (ISBN 156971536X)
• Fagin the Jew (2003) (ISBN 0385510098)
• Hawks of the Seas (2003) (ISBN 1569714274)
• The Name of the Game (2003) (ISBN 1563898691)
• The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (2005) (ISBN 0393060454)