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NYCC 2021 | Will Eisner: The Next Generation

Thu, Oct 7, 2021 10:00 AM

Will Eisner innovated comics in the Golden Age with his classic character THE SPIRIT and jumpstarted the modern graphic novel movement with his groundbreaking "A Contract With God." the first of his many powerful graphic novels. Having inspired multiple generations of creators Eisner is still a major influence on today's writers and artists of--as he called it--"sequential art." Today, top modern comics creators GENE LUEN YANG, JERRY CRAFT and DAN SCHKADE talk about how Eisner has impacted their work and why, more than ever, Will Eisner still very much matters. Historian DANNY FINGEROTH moderates.

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