graphic novel award for libraries
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graphic novel award for libraries
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD FOR LIBRARIES During the American Library Association Summer Conference in Chicago, three lucky libraries will win the 2013 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Award for Libraries. The award includes graphic novels and cash stipends that create stateof-the-art graphic novel collections. The graphic novels include the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award-nominated titles, all of the books and textbooks in the Will Eisner Library, a $2,000 grant to purchase additional graphic novels, and a $1,000 stipend to hold a graphic novel-themed event. The Will Eisner Graphic Novel Award for Libraries provides three libraries with the best in the sequential arts field. leading librarians have championed the benefits of the graphic novel format and the comics medium to the world’s readers. The Will Eisner Awardnominated titles add current work chosen most exemplary by an independent committee of industry experts which has included a librarian since 2005. The coveted Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winners are announced each year at San Diego Comic Con International and are considered the Oscars of the Comics Industry. The Library Award highlights Eisner’s contributions to the comics industry and recognizes the important role that librarians have played in the phenomenal growth of the graphic novel format. While Will Eisner helped to create the foundation for graphic novels, The Library Award was created by The Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation; the books are provided by their respective publishers; and the Brodart Company is providing shipping and cataloging services for the winning libraries. Please support all of these fine organizations. Enter to win this year’s Award at Booth #2645 in the Graphic Novel Pavilion. The three winners will be chosen at the Graphic Novel Stage on Sunday June 30th at 3:00 PM. Winners must be present. 2013 GRAPHIC NOVELS & BOOKS BY WILL EISNER GRAPHIC NOVELS The Contract with God Trilogy, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-06105-5) THE SPIRIT Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 1, DC Comics (978-1-563-89673-6) Will Eisner’s New York: Life in the Big City (Trilogy), Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 2, DC Comics (978-1-563-89675-0) W.W. Norton (978-0-393-06106-2) Will Eisner’s The Spirit: The New Adventures Archives, Dark Horse (978-1-569-71732-5) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artists Edition, IDW (978-1-61377-175-4) Life, In Pictures: Autobiographical Stories, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-06107-9) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 3, DC Comics (978-1-563-89676-7) The Best of the Spirit, DC Comics (978-1-401-20755-7) A Contract with God, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32804-2) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 4, DC Comics (978-1-563-89714-6) The Spirit: Femmes Fatales, DC Comics (978-1-401-21973-4) A Life Force, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32803-5) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 5, DC Comics (978-1-56-389731-3) The Spirit: A Pop-up Graphic Novel, DC Comics (978-1-933-78446-5) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 6, DC Comics (978-1-563-89744-3) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics (978-1-401-21461-6 hc, 978-1-401-21618-4 tp) Dropsie Avenue, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32811-0) New York: The Big City, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32805-9) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 7, DC Comics (978-1-563-89807-5) City People Notebook, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32806-6) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 8, DC Comics (978-1-563-89820-4) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Vol. 2 by Darwyn Cooke, DC Comics (978-1-401-21920-8 hc, 978-1-40122220-8 tp) Will Eisner Reader, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32807-3) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 9, DC Comics (978-1-563-89836-5) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Vol. 3 by Sergio Aragonés, DC Comics (978-1-401-22186-7 tp) The Dreamer, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32808-0) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 10, DC Comics (978-1-563-89962-1 Will Eisner’s The Spirit Vol. 4 by Sergio Aragonés, DC Comics (978-1-401-22505-6 tp) Invisible People, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32809-7) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 11, DC Comics (978-1-563-89989-8) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Vol. 5 by Various, DC Comics (978-1-401-22642-8 tp) To the Heart of the Storm, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32810-3) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 12, DC Comics (978-1-401-20006-0) Life on Another Planet, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32812-7) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 13, DC Comics (978-1-401-20149-4) OTHER BOOKS BY EISNER The Blackhawk Archives, Vol. 1, DC Comics (978-1-563-89700-9) A Family Matter (1998), W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32813-4) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 14, DC Comics (978-1-401-20158-6) Minor Miracles, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32814-1) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 15, DC Comics (978-1-401-20162-3) The Name of the Game, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32815-8) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 16, DC Comics (978-1-401-20406-8) The Building, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-32816-5) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 17, DC Comics (978-1-401-20417-4) The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (nonfiction), W.W. Norton (978-0-393-06045-4 tp, 978-0-393-32860-8 hc) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 18, DC Comics (978-1-401-20769-4) Last Day in Vietnam (nonfiction), Dark Horse (978-1-569-71500-0, 978-1-616-55120-9 hc) Fagin the Jew, Dark Horse (978-1-616-55126-1) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 19, DC Comics (978-1-401-20775-5) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 20, DC Comics (978-1-401-20781-6) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 21, TEXTBOOKS DC Comics (978-1-401-21254-4) Comics and Sequential Art, Principles & Practices, Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 22, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-33126-4) DC Comics (978-1-401-21309-1) Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative, Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 23, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-33127-1) DC Comics (978-1-401-21511-8) Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative, W.W. Norton (978-0-393-33128-8) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 24, DC Comics (978-1-401-21698-6) Will Eisner Sketchbook, Dark Horse (978-1-569-71960-2) Will Eisner’s Shop Talk (interviews), Dark Horse (978-1-569-71536-9) Hawks of the Seas, Dark Horse (978-1-569-71427-0) Eisner/Miller (interviews), Dark Horse (978-1-569-71755-4) Will Eisner’s John Law: Dead Man Walking, IDW (978-1-932-38227-3) PS Magazine: The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly, Abrams ComicArts (978-0-385-51009-7) Moby Dick (adaptation), The Princess and the Frog (adaptation), Don Quixote: The Last Knight (adaptation), Sundiata: A Legend of Africa (adaptation), (Currently out-of-print) BIOGRAPHIES Will Eisner: A Dreamer’s Life in Comics by Michael Schumacher, Bloomsbury USA (1608190137) The Will Eisner Companion by C. Couch and S. Weiner, DC Comics (978-1401204235) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 25, DC Comics (978-1-401-21856-0) Will Eisner: A Spirited Life by Bob Andelman, originally Dark Horse (1595820116) Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives, Vol. 26, DC Comics (978-1-401-21974-1) Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (DVD/ Blu-ray) directed by Andrew D. Cooke, Montilla Pictures (www.montillapictures.com) 2013 EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS Best Short Story “A Birdsong Shatters the Still,” by Jeff Wilson and Ted May, in Injury #4 (Ted May/Alternative, ) “Elmview” by Jon McNaught, in Dockwood (Nobrow, 978-1907704260) “Moon 1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch,” by Michael Kupperman, in Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (Fantagraphics) “Moving Forward,” by drewscape, in Monsters, Miracles, & Mayonnaise (Epigram Press) “Rainbow Moment,” by Lilli Carré, in Heads or Tails (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995976) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Lose #4: “The Fashion Issue,” by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press, 978-0987963000) The Mire, by Becky Cloonan (self-published) Pope Hats #3, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse Books, 9781935233206) Post York #1, by James Romberger and Crosby (Uncivilized Books) Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8, by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) Best Continuing Series Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image, 978-1607065630) Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel, 978-0785165620) The Manhattan Projects, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra (Image, 978-1607066088) Prophet, by Brandon Graham and Simon Roy (Image, 978-1607066118) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image, 978-1607066019) Best New Series Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!, 978-1608862801) Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain) Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image, 978-1607065630) Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel, 978-0785165620) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image, 978-1607066019) Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7) Babymouse for President, by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House, 9780375867804) Benny and Penny in Lights Out, by Geoffrey Hays (Toon Books/Candlewick, 978-1935179207) Kitty & Dino, by Sara Richard (Yen Press/Hachette, 978-0316133517) Maya Makes a Mess, by Rutu Modan (Toon Books/ Candlewick, 978-1935179177) Zig and Wikki in The Cow, by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler (Toon Books/Candlewick) Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12) Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!, 978-1608862801) Amulet Book 5: Prince of the Elves, by Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic, 978-0545208895) Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse, by Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos (Archaia, 978-1936393671) Crogan’s Loyalty, by Chris Schweizer (Oni, 9781934964408) Hilda and the Midnight Giant, by Luke Pearson (Nobrow, 978-1907704253) Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel, 9780785164043) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens, by Meredith Gran (kaboom!, 9781608863136) Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/ Disney Hyperion, 978-1423113362) Ichiro, by Ryan Inzana (Houghton Mifflin, 9780547252698) Spera, vol. 1, by Josh Tierney et al. (Archaia, 9781936393305) A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG, 978-0374386153) Best Humor Publication Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!, 978-1608862801) BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2, by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman (Andrews McMeel, 9780740798283) Darth Vader and Son, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle, 978-1452106557) Naked Cartoonists, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995389) Best Digital Comic Ant Comic, by Michael DeForge, http://kingtrash.com/ants/index.html Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, http://www.comixology.com/Bandette/ comics-series/8519 It Will All Hurt, by Farel Dalrymple, http://studygroupcomics.com/main/it-will-allhurt-by-farel-dalrymple/ Our Bloodstained Roof, by Ryan Andrews, http://www.ryan-a.com/comics/roof.htm Oyster War, by Ben Towle, www.oysterwar.com Best Anthology Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse) No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin Hall (Fantagraphics, 9781606995068) Nobrow #7: Brave New World, edited by Alex Spiro and Sam Arthur (Nobrow, 978-1907704345) 2000 AD, edited by Matt Smith (Rebellion) Where Is Dead Zero?, edited by Jeff Ranjo (Where Is Dead Zero?, 978-0615702063) Best Reality-Based Work Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert (Center for Cartoon Studies/ Disney Hyperion, 978-1423113362) The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, by Frank M. Young and David Lasky (Abrams ComicArts, 978-0810988361) A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero, 978-1906838553) The Infinite Wait and Other Stories, by Julia Wertz (Koyama Press, 978-0987963024) Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me, by Ellen Forney (Gotham Books, 9781592407323) You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995488) Best Graphic Album—New Building Stories, by Chris Ware (Pantheon, 9780375424335) Goliath, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly, 9781770460652) The Hive, by Charles Burns (Pantheon, 9780307907882) Unterzakhn, by Leela Corman (Schocken, 9780805242591) You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995488) Best Adaptation from Another Medium Chico and Rita, by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (Self Made Hero, 978-1906838294) Homer’s Odyssey, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury, 978-1608194865) Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW, 978-1613772089) Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel, 9780785164043) A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson (FSG, 978-0374386153) Best Graphic Album—Reprint Cruisin’ with the Hound, by Spain (Fantagraphics, 978-1606994610) Ed the Happy Clown, by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly, 978-1770460751) Everything Together: Collected Stories, by Sammy Harkham (PictureBox, 978-0985159504) Heads or Tails, by Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics, 9781606995976) King City, by Brandon Graham (TokyoPop/Image, 978-1607065104) Sailor Twain, or The Mermaid in the Hudson, by Mark Siegel (First Second, 978-1596436367) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, vol. 2, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics, 978-1613772201) Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann’s Sprightly Cousin, by Johnny Gruelle, edited by Rick Marschall (Fantagraphics, 978-1606994115) Percy Crosby’s Skippy, vol. 1, edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics, 978-1613772843) Pogo, vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash, by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995846) Roy Crane’s Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995297) Best Archival Coll./Project—Comic Books Crime Does Not Pay Archives, edited by Philip Simon and Kitchen, Lind & Associates (Dark Horse, 978-1595822895) David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW, 9781613772386) Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW, 978-1613770986) Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man, by Carl Barks, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995358) Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Romance Comics, edited by Michel Gagné (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995020) Best U.S. Edition of International Material Abelard, by Régis Hautiere and Renaud Dillies (NBM, 978-1561637010) Athos in America, by Jason (Fantagraphics, 9781606994788) Blacksad: Silent Hell, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse, 978-1595829313) 2013 EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS The Making of, by Brecht Evens (Drawn & Quarterly, 978-1770460737) Monsieur Jean: The Singles Theory, by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian (Humanoids, 978-1594650970) New York Mon Amour, by Benjamin LeGrand, Dominique Grange, and Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995242) Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia Barbara, by Osamu Tezuka (Digital Manga, 9781569702826) A Chinese Life, by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero, 978-1906838553) Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media, 978-1421542775) Nonnonba, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly, 978-1770460720) Thermae Romae, by Mari Yamazaki (Yen Press/ Hachette, 978-0316229197) Best Writer Ed Brubaker, Fatale (Image, 978-1607065630) Matt Fraction, Hawkeye (Marvel, 978-0785165620); Casanova: Avaritia (Marvel Icon, 9780785148647) Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads, Prophet (Image, 978-1607066118) Jonathan Hickman, The Manhattan Projects (Image, 978-1607066088) Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image, 978-1607066019) Frank M. Young, The Carter Family (Abrams ComicArts, 978-0810988361) Best Writer/Artist Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon, 978-0307907882) Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995860) Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995860) Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Everything We Miss (Nobrow, 978-1907704178) C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995488) Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon, 978-0375424335) Best Penciller/Inker David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel, 978-0785165620) Becky Cloonan, Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse); The Muse (self-published) Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain) Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image, 978-1607065630) Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf, 978-1603090919) Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW, 978-1613775653) Best Painter/Multimedia ArtisT (interior art) Brecht Evens, The Making Of (Drawn & Quarterly, 978-1770460737) Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse, 9781595829313) Teddy Kristiansen, The Red Diary/The RE[a]D Diary (MAN OF ACTION/Image, 978-1607065609) Lorenzo Mattotti, The Crackle of the Frost (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995433) Katsuya Terada, The Monkey King vol. 2 (Dark Horse, 978-1595829245) V i s i t Best Cover Artist David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel, 978-0785165620) Brandon Graham, King City, Multiple Warheads, Elephantmen #43 (Image) Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image, 978-1607065630) Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC) J.H. Williams III, Batwoman (DC, 978-1401234652) Best Coloring Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon, 978-0307907882) Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain) Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads (Image) Dave Stewart, Batwoman (DC); Fatale (Image, 978-1607065630); BPRD, Conan the Barbarian, Hellboy in Hell, Lobster Johnson, The Massive (Dark Horse) Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon, 978-0375424335) Best Lettering Paul Grist, Mudman (Image, 978-1607065807) Troy Little, Angora Napkin 2: Harvest of Revenge (IDW, 978-1613775288) Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf, 978-1603090919) C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics, 978-1606995488) Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon, 978-0375424335) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) ComicsAlliance, edited by Joe Hughes, Caleb Goellner, and Andy Khouri, www. comicsalliance.com The Comics Reporter, edited by Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com Robot Six, produced by Comic Book Resources, http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/ tcj.com, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (Fantagraphics) Best Comics-Related Book The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, edited by Alvin Buenaventura (Abrams ComicArts, 978-1419702082) (cont.) Marie Severin: The Mirthful Mistress of Comics, by Dewey Cassell (TwoMorrows, 978-1605490427) Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, by Sean Howe (HarperCollins, 978-0061992100) Mastering Comics, by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (First Second, 978-1596436176) Team Cul De Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s, edited by Chris Sparks (Andrews McMeel, 978-1449419660) Woodwork: Wallace Wood 1927–1981, edited by Frédéric Manzano (CasalSolleric/IDW, 9781613772928) Best Educational/Academic Work Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in Pictures, by Elisabeth El Refaie (University Press of Mississippi, 978-1617036132) Comics Versus Art, by Bart Beaty (University of Toronto Press, 978-1442643512) Crockett Johnson & Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature, by Philip Nel (University Press of Mississippi, 9781617036248) Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass, by Susan E. Kirtley (University Press of Mississippi, 978-1617032356) The Poetics of Slumberland, by Scott Bukatman (University of California Press, 978-0520265714) Best Publication Design Building Stories, designed by Chris Ware (Pantheon, 978-0375424335) Dal Tokyo, designed by Gary Panter and Family Sohn (Fantagraphics, 978-1560978862) David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s Edition, designed by Randy Dahlk (IDW, 9781613772386) Mister Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann’s Sprightly Cousin, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics, 978-1606994115) Wizzywig, designed by Ed Piskor and Chris Ross (Top Shelf, 978-1603090971) About Will Eisner Will Eisner was born on March 6, 1917, to a poor immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death, on January 3, 2005, Eisner was recognized internationally as a giant in the field of sequential art, a term he coined. He was and remains one of the most influential people in all of comics. In a career spanning nearly 70 years — from the dawn of the comic book to this age of digital comics — Eisner was truly the “Orson Welles of comics” and the “Father of the Graphic Novel.” A lifelong innovator, Eisner revolutionized the comics industry in the 1940s with his famed newspaper series “The Spirit,” and yet again in 1978 with his acclaimed A Contract with God, the first modern graphic novel. Always breaking new ground in the development of visual narrative and the language of comics, he authored three groundbreaking textbooks and pioneered using comics as an educational and instructional tool. Eisner taught and inspired hundreds of students and served as an inspiration and mentor to both fledgling and veteran artists. The comic industry’s most prestigious honor, the Will Eisner Award—the medium’s equivalent of the Oscar—is named for him. Visit www.willeisner.com for more information. w w w . w i l l e i s n e r . c o m All material © 2013 Will Eisner Studios, Inc. 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