Will Eisner

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia William Erwin Will Eisner March 6 1917 January 3 2005 was an American comics writer artist and entrepreneur He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded for his highly influential series The Spirit for his use of comics as an instructional medium for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book Comics and Sequential Art The comics community paid tribute to Eisner by creating the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards more commonly known as the Eisners to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium Eisner enthusiastically participated in the awards ceremony congratulating each recipient In 1987 with Carl Barks and Jack Kirby he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Eisner licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia