Will Eisner -- Recomendations?

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Will Eisner -- Recomendations? #492511 07/30/10 05:59 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,760 Canada Arachne Legionnaire!
Arachne Legionnaire! Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,760 Canada	I've gotten to read a bit of Eisner's work in some comics anthologies and I want more. Anyone got some ideas of where I should start? I think The Spirit is out of the question. Those look hard to find right now, alas. I'd like to start with his more mature work, anyway. I think. arachne3003.deviantart.com Current Obsession: Birds of Prey/Secret Six

Re: Will Eisner -- Recomendations? #492512 07/30/10 06:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper
Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley	lots of great stuff! A Life Force is a favorite. A Contract With God, too. a lot of his GNs are quite good; I think I have most of them. The only one I was let down by was Name of the Game. The childhood friend Exnihil never had.

Re: Will Eisner -- Recomendations? #492513 07/30/10 06:07 PM
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cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR	I've still got my copy of A Contract With God. I think it holds up pretty well. It's a series of character sketches: starting with a Rabbi who loses his faith when his daughter dies, and moving on from there. I don't think Eisner had a very evolved view of women. They're always either angels or sluts, but that's not exactly unusual in literature-- written or drawn. The art is wonderful. Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. updated often!

Re: Will Eisner -- Recomendations? #492514 07/30/10 06:10 PM
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Arachne Legionnaire! Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,760 Canada	I'm afraid I kind of expect that view of women from that age group, cleome, so it's not really a surprise. The art is gorgeous, though. I already bought his books on making comics, and they have lots of examples. Can't wait to get a chance to actually read them. arachne3003.deviantart.com Current Obsession: Birds of Prey/Secret Six

Re: Will Eisner -- Recomendations? #492515 08/02/10 11:27 AM
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Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ...	I'm embarrasingly light on my Eisner reading too. I've heard amazing things about Contract with God (which was just recently announced to be a live action movie I think in the future). In the 80's, Kitchen Sink released reprints of Eisner's Spirit series and my Dad collected them. I've never read them but they are on my short list of large runs of comics to check out in the near future.