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English
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Art Students League of New York, DeWitt Clinton High School
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♓ Pisces
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蛇 Snake
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Will Eisner: American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917–2005).
Born in Brooklyn (died at age 87).
10 awards including Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême.
Studied at Art Students League of New York.
AWARDS (10)
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Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême
WON
B
Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
WON
B
Harvey Award for Best Writer
WON
B
Inkpot Award
WON
Biography
William Erwin Eisner was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
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Will Eisner was born in Brooklyn.
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