Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they are treated as independent disciplines, it seems valid. Actually, the are derivatives of a single origin and in the skillful employment of words and images lies the expressive potential of the medium.
The term comics long ago became obsolete and inaccurate. It merely defined the content of the early joke-based comical strips. Sequential Art is a mo… - Will Eisner
The term comics long ago became obsolete and inaccurate. It merely defined the content of the early joke-based comical strips. Sequential Art is a mo…
- Will Eisner
Comics, which are really best described as an arrangement of images in a sequence that tell a story - an idea - is a very old form of graphic communi… - Will Eisner
Comics, which are really best described as an arrangement of images in a sequence that tell a story - an idea - is a very old form of graphic communi…
Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world … - Will Eisner
Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world …
Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports. - Will Eisner
Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports.
I write about what I know and what I have experienced. This keeps me an "honest" writer. - Will Eisner
I write about what I know and what I have experienced. This keeps me an "honest" writer.
[Before the Spirit] I had been producing comic books for 15-year-old cretins from Kansas [I wanted to aim for] a 55-year-old who had his wallet stole… - Will Eisner
[Before the Spirit] I had been producing comic books for 15-year-old cretins from Kansas [I wanted to aim for] a 55-year-old who had his wallet stole…
Superheroes are mostly aimed at young teen-age males concerned with their manhood. The medium will have to address itself more to content. . . . I se… - Will Eisner
Superheroes are mostly aimed at young teen-age males concerned with their manhood. The medium will have to address itself more to content. . . . I se…
Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did not come from any real, persona… - Will Eisner
Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did not come from any real, persona…
We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems. - Will Eisner
We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems.
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