By Roland Mann June 12, 2012 While academically nearly everyone gives Will Eisner credit for producing the first “Graphic Novel” as well as coining the term, I find it odd that none of them, Weiner included, mention the Marvel graphic novels, which—I suspect—was the real introduction to the format for most fans. In the same
Comics as Literature, Part 3: Spotlight on Will Eisner (Wired.com)
By Jonathan H. Liu June 11, 2012 Here’s another in a long line of geek confessions: I hadn’t really read much of Will Eisner before now. I knew about Eisner, of course, called the “father of the graphic novel” both for popularizing the term graphic novel and for being a pioneer of the form. There’s
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 154: Wonderworld Comics #7
By Greg Burgas Scratching Out the Lines Will Eisner and Lou Fine (credited as “Basil Berold”) give us The Flame, with a fairly standard layout for the time – a big panel that acts as a semi-splash, and then two or three panels below it taking us into the story. It’s not a hard-and-fast layout,
