EISNER, WILL
 Name and vital stats
    EISNER, WILL [1917-2005] (artist; writer; publisher; editor) NULL
 Biographical
    Aka WILLIAM ERWIN EISNER and BILL EISNER NULL
 Pen names
    FARRELL COBB; ERWIN; WILLIAM ERWIN; CARL HECK; WILLIS NERR; ED WOOD ? NULL
    Many variations of Will Eisner's name were used as house names at QUALITY and FICTION HOUSE; not all occasions were Eisner NULL
    WILLIS B. RENSIE; W. MORGAN THOMAS; MAJOR THORPE; ERWIN WILLIS NULL
 Note
    1951-70 Produced PS magazine [Army monthly] > 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
    1958 Merged with Koster-Dana [reading rack co.] > 58
    1962 Started American Visuals [President] > 62
    1965-70s Had R&D contract with the Dept. of Labor for Job Scene > 65 66 67 68 69 70s
    1971 Bought out Bell-McClure Syndicate; withdrew from company > 71
 Education
    DeWitt Clinton High School [Bronx]; Art Students League under George Bridgman NULL
 Influences
    Lynn Ward (wood cutter and engraver), George Herriman NULL
 Member
    Board of the International Museum of Comic Art 1991 > 91
    National Cartoonists Society [charter member] NULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
    Art Director: Eve Magazine NULL
    Editor: Firepower [World War 2] NULL
    Illustrator: Contributor: N.C.S. Portfolio NULL
    Illustrator: Cover of Baltimore Colts giveaway 1950 > 50
    Illustrator: Dustjacket: What Your Major Does 1970 > 70
    Illustrator: Ev'ry Little Bug Sheet Music [drawing of The Spirit] 1947 > 47
    Illustrator: Magazines: Street and Smith pulps NULL
    Illustrator: New York American [newspaper staff] 1930s > 30s
    Illustrator: Record jacket: Tantra's Il Macumba 1983 > 83
    Illustrator: Scholastic Book Services NULL
    Writer & Artist: Non-fiction: Paperback: Graphic Storytelling 1996 > 96
    Writer & Artist: Non-fiction: Paperbacks: How Your Congressman Works; Helicopters in Action NULL
    Writer & Artist: Non-fiction: Paperbacks: Space Vehicles; Comics and Sequential Art 1985 > 85
 Performing Arts
    Producer: World Explorer Program: multi-media social studies 1967-69 > 67 68 69
 Other Careers
    Teacher: School of Visual Arts c1973-c89 > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
 Additional biography
    A Gallery of Rogues: Cartoonists' Self-Caricatures 1998 NULL
    Alter Ego #48 May, 2005 NULL
    Art of Will Eisner, 1982/89 NULL
    Cartoon Annual 1974 NULL
    Cartoonews #20 NULL
    Cartoonist PROfiles #15, 1972 NULL
    Comic Book Artist #4, Spr., 1999 NULL
    Comic Book Marketplace #39 Sep., 1996 NULL
    Comic-Con International San Diego 2004 NULL
    Comics Journal #46-47 May. & July, 1979; #100 Jul., 1985 NULL
    Fantarama #4/5, 1979 NULL
    Funnyworld #21 NULL
    Great Comic Book Artists 1986 book NULL
    Inside Comics #4 NULL
    International Journal of Comic Art #1:1, Spr/Sum., 1999 NULL
    Masters of Imagination, 1994 book by Mike Benson NULL
    Panels #1, 1979 NULL
    Ron Goulart's Comics History Magazine #3, Spr., 1997 NULL
    Video: Comic Book Greats Vol 11: Will Eisner 1992 NULL
    Will Eisner Color Treasury 1981 NULL
    Witzend #6, 1969 NULL
    World Encyclopedia of Comics 1976/99 NULL
 Honors
    Academy of Comic Book Arts Shazam for Hall of Fame NULL
    Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award 1991 > 91
    Eagle Award (U.K.) Roll of Honor 1983 > 83
    Eisner Award Best Archival Collection 1995 > 95
    Eisner Award Best Best Comics-Related Book: Graphic Storytelling 1997 > 97
    Eisner Award Best Graphic Album (new or first US publication) 1992 > 92
    Grand Prix (Angouleme, France) 1975 > 75
    Harvey Award Best Cartoonist 1993 > 93
    Harvey Award Best Graphic Album (original work) 1992 > 92
    Harvey Award Best Reprint Project 1988 > 88
    Harvey Award Best Writer 1993 > 93
    Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1975 > 75
    Jack Kirby Hall of Fame Award 1987 > 87
    Museum of Cartoon Art Hall of Fame Award NULL
    National Cartoonists Society Award Best Comic Book Art (story strips) 1980 > 80
    National Cartoonists Society Reuben 1999 > 99
 Syndication
    LADY LUCK [Sunday] (w) 1940 for Register And Tribune Syndicate > 40
    ODD FACT [daily] (w/a) 1975-76 panel for Register And Tribune Syndicate > 75 76
    SPIRIT, THE [Sunday] (w/a) 1940-52 for Register and Tribute Sundicate > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
 Comics in other media
    CONNIE ROD (w/a) in Army Motors during WW-2 NULL
    HALF MAST (w/a) in Army Motors during WW-2 NULL
    JOE DOPE (w/a) 1951-c70 in PS Magazine > 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
    JOE DOPE (w/a) c1943 in Firepower during WW-2 > 43
    JOE DOPE (w/a) in Army Motors during WW-2 NULL
    JOE DOPE (w/a) in The Flaming Bomb during WW-2 NULL
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1966 in The Herald Tribune Magazine > 66
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1991-99- in Comics Buyer's Guide, trade paper > 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
 FUNNY PAPER BOOK STORE
    Covers (a) 1977 for SPIRIT: FIRST 93 DAILIES graphic album reprint; cover is new > 77
    SPIRIT: FIRST 93 DAILIES~ (dir/w/a) 1977-80 > 77 78 79 80
 Creator
    DIARY OF DOCTOR HAYWARD; INSPECTOR DAYTON NULL
    DOLLMAN; ESPIONAGE; UNCLE SAM NULL
    HAWK OF THE SEAS; Z-5; SHEENA; SPIRIT NULL
    THE RAY; BLACK CONDOR; BLACKHAWK NULL
    THE STRANGE TWINS; X-5; SPENCER STEELE NULL
 Promotional comics
    OPERATION AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE~ (w/a) 1969 > 69
    SPIRIT MAN~ [The Spirit] (w/a) 1944 reprint > 44
    Various features (a) for Penny King Company NULL
 French comics
    SPECIAL USA~ (a) 1986 > 86
 Overseas comics
    HAWK OF THE SEAS (w/a) 1937 > 37
    SCRAPPY (w/a) 1937 > 37
    UNCLE OTTO (w/a) 1938 > 38
    Various features (w/a) 1936-40 Through EDITORIAL PRESS SERVICE > 36 37 38 39 40
 Comics Studio (Shop)
    EISNER AND IGER STUDIO (co-own/w/a) 1938-39 > 38 39
    EISNER STUDIO (own/w/a) 1940-41 (Tudor City) > 40 41
 AARDVARK-VANAHEIM (Canada)
    CEREBUS (a) 1985 > 85
    CEREBUS AND THE SPIRIT (a) 1992 reprint > 92
    CEREBUS JAM~ (a) 1985 > 85
 AC COMICS
    BLACK X (w/a) 1995 reprint > 95
    FLAME (w) 1995 reprint > 95
 BLACKTHORNE PUBLISHING
    HAWK, THE (w/a) 1985 > 85
 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
    BEST COMICS OF THE DECADE, THE~ (w/a) 1990 graphic album reprint > 90
    Introduction (w) 1987 for JOURNEY graphic album > 87
 KEN PIERCE, INC.
    SPIRIT DAILIES~ (w/a) 1978/80 graphic album reprint > 78 80
 KITCHEN SINK PRESS
    A LIFE FORCE (w/a) 1983-85 > 83 84 85
    ART OF WILL EISNER, THE~ (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    BASEBALL~ (a) 1990/92 reprint > 90 92
    BIG CITY (w/a) 1981-82 > 81 82
    BILLY EYRON (w/a) 1986 > 86
    BUILDING, THE~ (w/a) 1987 graphic album > 87
    CHRISTMAS SPIRIT~ [SPIRIT] (w/a) 1994 > 94
    CITY PEOPLE NOTEBOOK~ (w/a) 1989 graphic album > 89
    CITY, THE (w/a) 1981 reprint > 81
    COMICS LABORATORY (w/a) 1981 > 81
    Cartoons (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    Covers (a/paint) 1973-98 > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
    DEATH RATTLE~ (w/a) 1985 > 85
    DENNY COLT, UFO INVESTIGATOR (p) 1992 reprint > 92
    DOPEY AND THE DUKE (w/a) 1982 > 82
    DREAMER, THE~ (w/a) 1986 graphic album > 86
    DROPSIE AVENUE: THE NEIGHBORHOOD~ (w/a) 1995 graphic album > 95
    EISNER VAULT (w/a) 1979 > 79
    ESPIONAGE STARRING BLACK X [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    ESSAY ON COMIC ART (w) 1978-83 > 78 79 80 81 82 83
    Editorial (a) 1981 reprint > 81
    FAMILY MATTER (w/a) 1998 > 98
    FLAME, THE (w/a) 1982 > 82
    GAFFER AND NUBBIN [filler] (w/p) 1982 > 82
    GENERAL POOP [filler] (w/a) 1982 > 82
    HARRY CAREY (w/a) 1982 > 82
    HAWKS OF THE SEAS (w/a) 1982/86 reprint > 82 86
    INVISIBLE PEOPLE (w/a) 1992 > 92
    Illustration (a) 1992 > 92
    JIM BLUDD [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    JOE DOPE (w/a) 1982/90-91 reprint > 82 90 91
    JOE'S DOPE SHEET (w/a) 1990-91 reprint > 90 91
    JOHN LAW (w/a) 1982 > 82
    JOHN LAW AND SPIRIT, THE [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    LIFE FORCE, A (w/a) 1983-85 > 83 84 85
    LIFE FORCE, A~ 1988 graphic album reprint > 88
    LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET (w/a) 1978-80 > 78 79 80
    MUSS EM UP [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY (w/a) 1981-83 > 81 82 83
    NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY~ 1983 graphic album reprint > 83
    NUBBIN THE SHOESHINE BOY (w/p) 1982 > 82
    OUTER SPACE (p) 1980-81/91 reprint > 80 81 91
    OUTER SPACE SPIRIT~ (dir) 1983 graphic album reprint > 83
    PRIVATE DOGTAG [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    Political commentary (w/a) 1980 > 80
    RIP ROSCOE [filler] (w/a) 1982 > 82
    RUBE ROOKY [filler] (p) 1982 reprint > 82
    SHOP TALK (w) 1981-83 > 81 82 83
    SIGNAL FROM SPACE~ (w/a) 1983 graphic album reprint/some new > 83
    SPIRIT CASEBOOK [ALL ABOUT P'GELL] (w/a) 1999 reprint > 99
    SPIRIT COLOR ALBUM~ (w/a) 1981-83 graphic album reprint > 81 82 83
    SPIRIT JAM, THE~ (w/a) 1981 > 81
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1973/80 new > 73 80
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1977-93/98-99 reprint > 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 98 99
    SPIRIT: THE ORIGIN YEARS~ (w/a) 1992-93 reprint > 92 93
    Support (col) 1980-83 on his own features > 80 81 82 83
    TO THE HEART OF THE STORM~ (w/a) 1991 graphic album > 91
    Text (w) 1982-86 interviews and articles > 82 83 84 85 86
    UNCLE SAM [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
    UNPUBLISHED SPIRIT, THE~ (w/a) 1981 > 81
    WILL EISNER COLOR TREASURY~ (a) 1981 reprint > 81
    WILL EISNER READER~ (w/a) 1990 graphic album reprint > 90
    WILL EISNER'S 3-D CLASSICS: THE SPIRIT (w/a) 1985 > 85
    WILL EISNER'S COLOR TREASURY~ [The Spirit] (w/a) 1981 graphic album reprint > 81
    WILL EISNER'S NEW YORK. . .~ (w/a) 1986 graphic album > 86
    WILL EISNER'S QUARTERLY~ (w/a) 1984-86 > 84 85 86
    YARKO THE GREAT [filler] (w/a) 1982 reprint > 82
 LAST GASP
    STRIP AIDS USA~ (a) 1988 > 88
 POOR HOUSE PRESS
    101 OUTER SPACE JOKES (w/a) 1979 and covers > 79
    Covers (a) 1979 > 79
 PURE IMAGINATION
    COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (lay) 1997 reprint > 97
 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    COMIC-BOOK COMICS~ (w/a) 1981 graphic album reprint > 81
    Covers (a) 1981 > 81
    SMITHONIAN COMIC-BOOK COMICS, THE~ (w/a) 1981 book with reprint of classic The Spirit > 81
 TRANSTAR PACIFIC
    HAWKS OF THE SEA~ (w/a) 1985 graphic album reprint > 85
 Fan & trade zines
    Comicon II [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1980 > 80
    Comics Journal #89; #110, 1984/86 > 84 86
    Comics Journal (w) 1981 > 81
    Cosmos v.1 #2 [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1977 > 77
    Gamut [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1976 > 76
    Invader [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1973 > 73
    Multicon [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1972 > 72
    Rocket's Blast / Comicollector [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1973 > 73
    Snarf [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1972 > 72
    TACC Presents Comicon II Program [Spirit illustrations] (a) 1980 > 80
    UKCAC Program/Souvenir Booklet [U.K., SPIRIT illustrations] (a) 1987 > 87
 ARCHIE PUBLICATIONS
    BOODINI THE GREAT [filler] (w/a) 1939 > 39
 BARONET PUBLISHING
    CONTRACT WITH GOD, A~ (w/a) 1978 graphic album > 78
 CENTAUR COMICS
    BOODINI THE GREAT [filler] (w/a) 1938 [Imprint: CHESLER] > 38
    BROTHERS THREE, THE (w/a) 1937 > 37
    Center-spread fillers (a) 1937 > 37
    LAW IN CARIBOU (w/a) 1930s > 30s
    MAN-HUNT (w/a) 1938 > 38
    MUSS 'EM UP DONOVAN (w/a) 1937/39 > 37 39
    SAPPHIRE EYE OF SEHKMET (w/a) 1937 > 37
    STAR RANGER~ (w/a) 1937 [Imprint: CHESLER] > 37
    WILD TEX MARTIN (w/a) 1937-39 > 37 38 39
 DARK HORSE COMICS
    Covers (finish) 1993 > 93
 DC COMICS
    BLACKHAWK (w) 1989 > 89
    Illustration (a) 1984/89 the latter was of BATMAN > 84 89
    Introduction (w) 1991 for VIKING PRINCE: VIKING GLORY graphic album > 91
 DIAL PRESS
    GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES, THE~ (w/a) 1965 book with The Spirit reprint > 65
 EC COMICS
    MAD MAGAZINE~ (w/a) 1989 > 89
 ECLIPSE ENTERPRISES
    Covers (a) 1983 > 83
    JOHN LAW (w/a) 1983 > 83
    NUBBIN THE SHOESHINE BOY (w/a) 1983 > 83
 EISNER COMICS
    Covers (a) 1949 > 49
    RUBE ROCKY (w/a) 1949 > 49
    SPIRIT COLLECTOR'S EDITION, THE (publ/ed/w/a) 1972-73 reprint > 72 73
    Support (publ) 1949 > 49
 FICTION HOUSE COMICS
    Covers (a) 1940 > 40
    HAWKS OF THE SEAS (w/a) 1938-c39 > 38 39
    INSPECTOR DAYTON (w/a) c1938-c39 > 38 39
    JUMBO COMICS~ (art dir/ed) 1938-40 Through the EISNER AND IGER STUDIO > 38 39 40
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1952-54 reprint > 52 53 54
    UNCLE OTTO (w/a) 1936 > 36
    Z X-5 (w/a) 1939 > 39
 FOX COMICS
    FLAME, THE (w/a) 1939 > 39
    K-51 (w/a) 1939 > 39
    WONDER MAN (w/a) 1939 > 39
 GLOBE SYNDICATE
    CHARLES O'MALLEY (w/a) 1938 > 38
    JACK HINTON (w/a) 1938 > 38
 HARVEY COMICS
    Covers (a) 1966-67 New art > 66 67
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1966-67 reprint/some new > 66 67
 HEAVY METAL
    HEAVY METAL~ (w/a) 1983 > 83
 HENLE PUBLICATIONS
    BARGAIN BILL (w/a) 1936 in WOW, WHAT A MAGAZINE! > 36
    CAPTAIN SCOTT DALTON (w/a) 1936 in WOW, WHAT A MAGAZINE! > 36
    Cover (paint) 1936 for WOW, WHAT A MAGAZINE! > 36
    FLAME, THE (w/a) 1936 in WOW, WHAT A MAGAZINE! > 36
    HARRY KARRY (w/a) 1936 in WOW, WHAT A MAGAZINE! > 36
    Illustration (a) 1936 in WOW, WHAT A MAGAZINE! > 36
 I.W. PUBLICATIONS
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1963-64 reprints > 63 64
 MACMILLAN PUBLISHING
    NEW COMICS ANTHOLOGY, THE~ (w/a) 1991 graphic album from France > 91
    SUPPER TIME [filler] (w/a) 1991 > 91
 MARVEL COMICS
    CRAZY: WILL EISNER'S GUIDE TO ASTROLOGY~ (w/a) 1975-76 > 75 76
 POORHOUSE PRESS
    101 OUTER SPACE JOKES (w/a) 1979 graphic album > 79
    DATING AND HANGING OUT~ (w/a) 1970s graphic album > 70s
    GHOSTLY JOKES AND GHASTLY RIDDLES~ (w/a) 1970s graphic album > 70s
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO COMMUNICATING WITH PLANTS~ (w/a) 1970s graphic album > 70s
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO GRAPHIC STORYTELLING~ (w/a) 1996 graphic album > 96
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO HOW TO AVOID DEATH AND TAXES AND LIVE FOREVER~ (w/a) 1975 graphic album > 75
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO LIVING WITH ASTRONOMY~ (w/a) 1974 graphic album > 74
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO OCCULT COOKERY~ (w/a) 1974 graphic album > 74
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER~ (w/a) 1986 graphic album > 86
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO SCHOOL DAZE~ (a) 1982/86 > 82 86
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO SPIRIT CASEBOOK OF TRUE HAUNTED HOUSES AND GHOSTS~ (w/a) 1976 > 76
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO STAR JAWS~ (w/a) 1978 graphic album > 78
    GLEEFUL GUIDE TO TELEVISION JOKES~ (w/a) 1970s graphic album > 70s
    INCREDIBLE FACTS, AMAZING STATISTICS, MONUMENTAL TRIVIA~ (w/a) 1974 graphic album > 74
 QUALITY COMICS
    ARCHIE O' TOOLE (plot) 1940-41 > 40 41
    ARCHIE O' TOOLE (w/a) 1938-39 > 38 39
    BLACK CONDOR (w) 1940 > 40
    BLACKHAWK (w) 1941 > 41
    Covers (a) 1941 > 41
    DOLLMAN (w/a) 1939 > 39
    ESPIONAGE (w/a) 1939-40 > 39 40
    HAWK OF THE SEAS (w/a) 1937-38 > 37 38
    HERCULES (plot) 1941 > 41
    KID DIXON (plot) 1940-41 > 40 41
    LION BOY (plot) 1940-41 > 40 41
    RAY, THE (w) 1940 > 40
    SHARK BRODIE (plot) 1940 > 40
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1941-50 reprint > 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
    STRANGE TWINS, THE (w) 1940 > 40
    Support (ed) 1941-c43 > 41 42 43
    TOMMY TINKLE (plot) 1940 > 40
    UNCLE SAM (plot/i) 1940-41 over Dave Berg's pencils > 40 41
    X-5 (w) 1940 > 40
 SCHOLASTIC BOOKS
    Covers (a) 1978 > 78
    NATIONAL SCREW~ (w/a) reprint NULL
    STAR JAWS~ (w/a) 1978 graphic album > 78
 SIMON & SCHUSTER
    AMERICA AT WAR: THE BEST OF DC WAR COMICS~ (w) 1979 graphic album reprint with Blackhawk > 79
 WARREN PUBLICATIONS
    Covers (a) 1974-77 > 74 75 76 77
    EERIE~ (w/a) 1974 reprint > 74
    SPIRIT, THE (w/a) 1974-77 reprint > 74 75 76 77
    Text and illustrations (w/a) 1974-75 > 74 75