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- NAME: Will Eisner
- OCCUPATION: Illustrator
- BIRTH DATE: c. 1917
- DEATH DATE: c. 2005
- EDUCATION: Art Students League of New York
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- Full Name: William Irwin Eisner
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Will Eisner was a cartoonist and writer known for creating Hawks of the Sea and, more notably, The Spirit.
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Cartoonist, writer, and publisher, born in New York City, New York, USA. After studying at the Arts Students' League in New York City, he became staff artist on the New York American, and in 1937 formed a ‘shop’ for mass-producing comic strips for Wags, turning out such strips as Sheena, and developing The Flame into the long-running weekly serial Hawks of the Seas. During 1940–52 he produced the first comic-book insert for Sunday newspapers that included perhaps his most admired creation, The Spirit. In the army in World War 2 he used his comic art for educational purposes. He has been internationally honoured for his varied achievements, which include graphic novels, a history book, Comics and Sequential Art (1985), and for his teaching at the New York School of Visual Arts (1973).© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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