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.
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…
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…
[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…
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 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…
A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief was compounded out o… - Will Eisner
A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief was compounded out o…
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