Will Eisner Dies At 87
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James Joyner | Tuesday, January 4, 2005 |
Courtesy Will Eisner.com
Will Eisner Dies At 87 (Editor and Publisher)
Cartoonist/graphic novelist Will Eisner died last night in Florida following quadruple heart bypass surgery. He was 87.
His newspaper connection included creating “The Spirit” insert for Sunday papers from 1940 to 1952. Jules Feiffer worked under Eisner on that comic feature from 1946 and 1951. Eisner received the 1995 Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award and the 1998 Reuben Award as cartoonist of the year from the National Cartoonists Society.
As Brian Doherty and Michelle Catalano note, his work was truly pioneering. Sadly, I didn’t realize he was still alive.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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