Will Eisner is dead

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Okay, first Freas, now Eisner. Something is up.

Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Our condolences to Will's wife, Ann, and his family, friends and colleagues. A true giant in comics, he will be missed, personally and professionally.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh no!

― .adam (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the Spirit, and I've eulogized WE elsewhere, so
http://www.raptus.no/profiler/Eisner_Will/spirit2-small.jpg

(rip)

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Very sad. I saw him speak on a panel a few years ago with Neil Gaiman, Ben Katchor, Chris Ware, and Scott McCloud, and it was inspiring to see how awestruck and reverential *they* were toward him. He meanwhile still seemed very sharp and funny.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

:-(

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Awww, he was one of my heroes when i was a kid. i'll have to find my copy of a contract with god. many moons ago i had a huuuuuuge spirit collection. every possible thing i could find i would buy. all the warren ones. kitchen sink. and many more. all the collected daily strips. i was so amazed by his art.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/images/eisner1s.jpg

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

stuff like his felt like such a secret when i was a kid. i didn't know anyone on earth who know who he was or who cared about that kinda thing. When I was in the 8th grade(1980?1981?) I used to write short stories that were just complete rip-offs of The Spirit and Airplane The Movie. True story!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been reading the Spirit Archives (out of sequence) for the last month and I'm just in awe. Last night (after reading most of Vol. 1) I had Spirit dreams.
I love the disguises the Spirit would wear, like big (Eisner-style) glasses over his mask.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

:-(

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Shame.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Excerpted from the AP Obit:

“I had been producing comic books for 15-year-old cretins from Kansas,” he said in a 1998 interview. With The Spirit, he was aiming for “a 55-year-old who had his wallet stolen on the subway. You can’t talk about heartbreak to a kid.”

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that quote explains whey Eisner freaked me out when I read him as a kid. A major talent, off in his own odd niche, and a real original.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I loved him and this is very sad.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Very sad. Somewhere (probably in my parents attic) I have an autographed Spirit book that I bought at a yard sale when I was kid.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I got to be one of the judges for the Eisner Awards a few years ago, which meant I got to meet the man himself on awards night. I was awestruck.

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

His splash pages are things of beauty. I need to go back and reread my Spirit comics - it's been years. Truly sad news.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

That's so sad. RIP.

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 06:23 (twenty-one years ago)

six years pass...

happy posthumous birthday! and, hey, thanks to google for letting me know...

― scott seward, Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:52 (fifteen years ago)

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