Will Eisner is the man who literally wrote the book on creating comics. His Comics and Sequential Art has influenced comic creators since its original publication in 1985 and was my introduction to Eisner’s work. Last Day in Vietnam is the first non-technical Eisner book that I have ever read and I now fully understand
Last Day in Vietnam: A Memory by Will Eisner
By Hillary Brown March 6, 2013 Reissued in a new, hardcover edition in honor of Will Eisner Week and what would have been the author’s 95th birthday, Dark Horse’s collection of war stories by one of the foundational heroes of the medium doesn’t quite measure up to A Contract with God, but not much can.
Will Eisner Week: Celebrating Will Eisner & Graphic Novel (Portland)
The brand-new hardcover edition of Will Eisner’s classic work Last Day in Vietnam arrives in stores on March 6, on what would have been Will’s ninety-fifth birthday. In conjunction with the book’s release, there will be two Portland-based events in partnership with Dark Horse Comics and its sister company, Things From Another World, in support
Captain America and Nine More Great Comics Military Men (ComicBook.com)
By Russ Burlingame May 28, 2012 In his autobiographical short Last Day in Vietnam, part of a collection of short war stories published under that same title, Eisney recounted a story of having visited with a soldier convinced he’ll die after the Viet Cong attack on what is supposed to be his last day in
