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Will Eisner

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The Resume

    (March 6, 1917-January 3, 2005)
    Born in New York, New York
    Legendary comic book artist who created The Spirit, Blackhawk and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, among others
    Won the National Cartoonist Society Award seven times, including the Reuben award for Cartoonist of the Year
    Member of both the Academy of Comic Book Arts and Jack Kirby Halls of Fame
    Namesake of the Eisner Awards

Why he might be annoying:

    His middle name was Ervin.
    He started what he called 'a very snooty literary magazine' in high school.
    He once said 'Comic books were a ghetto.'
    He frequently used ghost writers/artists.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He went to high school with Batman creator Bob Kane.
    His career spanned almost seventy years!
    He created the graphic novel, especially the stark black and white 'look' associated with the genre.
    Wizard magazine named him 'the most influential comic book artist of all-time.'
    He owned his own company, which was making $25,000 a year, in the middle of the Great Depression by age nineteen.
    His creation, 'The Spirit' is one of the greatest in comic book history.
    He was the first artist to have a positive African-American character appear as a regular in a comic book.
    When he started teaching college classes on comic book art, he couldn't find any textbooks that suited him so he wrote his own. Both books were successes and are still used in college art classes.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 75 Votes: 38.67% Annoying