Comic Book Pioneer Will Eisner Dies at 87
Anyone interested in comics and its history should be saddened by the passing of this great artist and advocate for the medium.
The NPR story above is significant as well in that it’s the first time I can recall that something notable has happened in the comics world and they’ve called someone other than Art Spiegleman to comment on it–in this case Michael Chabon. While Chabon’s connection to cartooning is somewhat tangential, I suppose we should be glad that the “comics” section of NPR’s rolodex now has not one, but two names in it. My personal nerd-alert© suggestion for commentator would have been either Neil Adams, who borrowed heavily from Eisner, or Frank Miller who swiped a lot of style both from Eisner and Adams.
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