Articles tagged "will eisner"

The Iconographies Feature

The History of Comic Conventions

by shathley Q

[17.Jun.09] :. This edition of "Iconographies" looks at the rise in popularity of the comics convention, and the pop-cultural changes conventions have brought to comics.

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Column: Worlds in Panels

Is the ‘New York Times’ Tracking Porn Sales Now?

by Shaun Huston

[2.Jun.09] :. That “comics” persists in connoting “pulp” and “graphic novels” implies something “literary” is purely a matter of convention, and is not because those are the inherent meanings or implications of the terms.

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Film Feature

A Spirited Friendship

by shathley Q

[5.Jan.09] :. Given the respective careers of Will Eisner and Frank Miller, the root of their friendship becomes apparent. For both, the comics medium takes precedence above all else.

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Film Feature

Will Eisner’s Dual Identity: The Spirit of an Artist

by Charles Moss

[4.Jan.09] :. A biography of Will Eisner, perhaps the greatest cartoonist in the history of American comics. Eisner used The Spirit as his vessel for unexplored creativity with story elements not commonly found in comics.

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Books Review

Life, in Pictures by Will Eisner

by Erik Hinton

[18.Jan.08] :. This collection cleanly articulates the value of owning a book more for history’s sake than for enjoyment.

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Comics Review

The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

by E. John Love

[18.Sep.06] :. Will Eisner's story shows the negative influence that this document has had in countries all over the world.

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