Synopses & Reviews
With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction's greatest celebration of the Big Apple.
No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as "tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself." From ancient buildings barnacled with laughter and stained with tears to the subways, humorless iron reptiles, clacking stupidly on a webbing of graceful steel rails, Will Eisner's New York includes cameo appearances by the author himself; several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski; and three previously unpublished out-takes a treasure for any Eisner fan, and sure to become a collectible.
Introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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"An American storyteller, like Ray Bradbury, like O. Henry." Neil Gaiman
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"Eisner's narratives are Chaplinesque in their heart-tugging mix of laughter and tears....Mainly what's marvelous is how much of New York Eisner managed to cram into his hyperactive panels. Incredible sights and bite-sized sagas of the city that never sleeps." Kirkus Reviews
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"Like all of Eisner's later works, these are marred by an outdated sentimentality but redeemed by his sage compassion and masterful storytelling." Booklist
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"Eisner is a master storyteller, and his characters here are true-to-life and believable in look and action." Library Journal
Synopsis
This new hardcover presents a quartet of Eisner's graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as "tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself."
About the Author
Born in Brooklyn in 1917, Will Eisner hawked newspapers on Wall Street before launching one of the most illustrious careers in graphic history. The comic industry's top annual awards, "The Eisners," are named in his honor.