Description
With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction's greatest celebration of the Big Apple. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as "tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself." From ancient buildings "barnacled with laughter and stained with tears" to the subways, "humorless iron reptiles, clacking stupidly on a webbing of graceful steel rails," Will Eisner's New York includes cameo appearances by the author himself; several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski; and three previously unpublished "out-takes"-a treasure for any Eisner fan, and sure to become a collectible. Introduction by Neil Gaiman.
About the Author
Born in New York City, Will Eisner (1917-2005) was the author of the legendary comic strip The Spirit, as well as fifteen graphic novels and three influential instructional textbooks. The comic industry's top awards, the Eisner Awards, are named in his honor. Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty books, including The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Neverwhere. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, and Eisner awards. American Gods and Sandman and Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, have aired as TV series. He is professor in the arts at Bard College.
Reviews
"The Plot (ISBN 978 0 393 32860 8), "a fitting, serious and well-drawn end to Eisner's illustrious career" (The Guardian), is also available along with "his masterwork" (Publishing News), The Contract with God Trilogy (ISBN 978 0 393 06105 5)."
Book Information
ISBN 9780393061062
Author Will Eisner
Format Hardback
Page Count 448
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 973g
Dimensions(mm) 262mm * 188mm * 30mm
About the Author
Born in New York City, Will Eisner (1917-2005) was the author of the legendary comic strip The Spirit, as well as fifteen graphic novels and three influential instructional textbooks. The comic industry's top awards, the Eisner Awards, are named in his honor. Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty books, including The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Neverwhere. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, and Eisner awards. American Gods and Sandman and Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, have aired as TV series. He is professor in the arts at Bard College.
Reviews
"The Plot (ISBN 978 0 393 32860 8), "a fitting, serious and well-drawn end to Eisner's illustrious career" (The Guardian), is also available along with "his masterwork" (Publishing News), The Contract with God Trilogy (ISBN 978 0 393 06105 5)."
Book Information
ISBN 9780393061062
Author Will Eisner
Format Hardback
Page Count 448
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 973g
Dimensions(mm) 262mm * 188mm * 30mm
