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Will Eisner

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Also known as William Erwin Eisner, Willis Rensie, Willis B. Rensie, W. Morgan Thomas, Erwin Williams, Wm. Erwin, Mr. Heck, Ford Davies

American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917–2005)

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Will Eisner (1917–2005) was an American writer and artist whose professional career spanned from 1935 to 2005. He published works under several pseudonyms, including Willis Rensie, Mr. Heck, W. Morgan Thomas, and Erwin Willis. His bibliography includes titles such as *Will Eisner's A Contract with God Curator's Collection*, *Ein Vertrag mit Gott*, *Quadrinhos e arte sequencial*, and *Michael Chabon Presents...The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Volume 3*.

Eisner’s body of work comprises 169 recorded titles. His writings have been referenced in 816 other encyclopedia articles. He is also associated with the quote regarding Adolf Hitler writing *Mein Kampf* while in jail, as well as references to the 1934 Bern, Switzerland trial and the 2004 publication of *The Protocols of Zion*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
06 Mar 1917
Died
03 Jan 2005
Works
169

Top works

  • Michael Chabon Presents...The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Volume 3
  • EISNER/MILLER
  • Will Eisner's A Contract with God Curator's Collection
  • Quadrinhos e arte sequencial
  • Ein Vertrag mit Gott

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
4

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. HMDB: the Human Metabolome Database

    · 2007 · cited 2,886x

  2. A Randomized Trial of Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

    · 2006 · cited 2,515x

  3. HMDB 3.0—The Human Metabolome Database in 2013

    · 2012 · cited 2,412x

  4. HMDB: a knowledgebase for the human metabolome

    · 2009 · cited 1,650x

  5. The Human Serum Metabolome

    · 2011 · cited 1,550x

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Quotes

  • “Born and brought up in New York City and having survived and thrived there, I carry with me a cargo of memories, some painful and some pleasant, which have remained in the hold of my mind. I have an ancient mariner’s need to share my accumulation of experience and observations. Call me, if you will, a graphic witness reporting on life, death, heartbreak and the never-ending struggle to prevail…or at least to survive.”
  • “Mathieu Golovinski was born in the Simbirsk region of Russia in 1865 during the reign of the Romanov dynasty. His family, a part of the fading Russian aristocracy, provided him with a fragile social standing. He grew up in a leisured environment typical of families of that class. His father, Basil Golobinski, died,however, when Mathieu was 10 years old.”
  • “Adolf Hitler, while spending three years in jail for the Beer Hall Putsch, writes his famous book “Mein Kampf.””
  • “1934 Bern, Switzerland The Trial”
  • “1945 As the Allies rummages through documents in the wreckage of defeated Germany, evidence of the influence of the “Protocols” was found by American Intelligence.”
  • “2004 The Protocols of Zion is still sold in bookstores around the world”

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Key facts

Born
William Erwin Eisner , ( 1917-03-06 ) March 6, 1917, New York City, U.S.
Died
January 3, 2005 (2005-01-03) (aged 87), Lauderdale Lakes, Florida , U.S.
Area
Cartoonist , Publisher
Pseudonym
William Erwin Maxwell
Notable works
The Spirit A Contract with God Comics and Sequential Art

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Encyclopedic overview

William Erwin Eisner (/ˈaɪznər/ EYEZ-nər; March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

1917–1936: Early life

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