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 more accurate description of the form. I first suggested it because I believed something needed to be done to correct the feeling of inferiority by artists and writers in this field.
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…
- 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
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…
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.
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 …
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…
Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons. - Will Eisner
Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons.
We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems. - Will Eisner
We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems.
[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…
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…
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