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trthing

01-04-2005, 05:27 PM

Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery.

Our condolences to Will's wife, Ann, and his family, friends and colleagues. A true giant in comics, he will be missed, personally and professionally.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.

http://www.willeisner.com/

Ilikesoup

01-04-2005, 05:42 PM

A brilliant, innovative cartoonist. The Spirit was a great comic, and his Comics and Sequential Art should be required reading for any cartoonist. A sad day, indeed.:sad:

Squeakypics

01-04-2005, 06:00 PM

A sad day. He will be missed.

theCloudmover

01-04-2005, 06:51 PM

What a wonderful, talented artist and an even better teacher.

Pick up Comics & Sequential Art (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0961472812/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-2961917-0700815?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance).

The man was a genius.

Wilson-3d

01-04-2005, 09:01 PM

Man that is bad news. My condolences to his family and friends. He was a great influence to a generation. My favs of his were "the building" and "A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories". Thanks for a lot of good times!

If you are a fan of Will Eisner or are interested in learning more about him I ran across this the other day. Its a new book coming out about him and Frank Miller (SinCity) and thier working process.
Link (http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=11-757)

Ollarin

01-05-2005, 12:01 AM

My condolences to his family and friends.

Put in the words of cloudmover, he was a genius, truly.

finearts2

01-05-2005, 03:04 AM

I had met Will a couple of years ago at one of our local conventions. A very humble, kind man who's contributions to storytelling and art in general will be sorely missed. It is so strange that I was just thinking about him this morning. He had agreed to allow me to do a portrait of him and to come visit him at his home when it was possible when we first met and now regret that I didn't follow up on it when I could of.

Will, you will be sorely missed :sad:

Thank you for your gifts you shared with the world and thank you for reaching out to the invisible people.

metroeast

01-05-2005, 10:34 AM

He was legend to artists and other comic creators. Really was a big influence on me especially the Spirit stuff.

My thoughts go to his family.

Zarf

01-05-2005, 01:51 PM

Another one of the legends passes on into eternity... his like we shall not see again.
My condolences to his family and friends.

Zarf

LoTekK

01-05-2005, 05:21 PM

He'll certainly be missed. I met him about 2 years ago when he was invited to give a lecture during a class at the community college I was attending. Fascinating man, and amazing artist.

Refuznik

01-06-2005, 04:20 PM

The Spirit will live on forever...

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