Comics & Sequential Art. (Books for Young Readers).Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner (March 6 1917 – January 3 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly . Cincinnati Cincinnati (sĭnsənăt`ē, –năt`ə), city (1990 pop. 364,040), seat of Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, on the Ohio River opposite Newport and Covington, Ky.; inc. as a city 1819. : Northlight Books (800-289-0963), 2001 (21st printing). Softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. , 163 pp., $22.95. Eisner's primary goal is "to consider the unique aesthetics aesthetics (ĕsthĕt`ĭks), the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of art and the criteria of artistic judgment. of sequential art as a means of creative expression, a distinct discipline, an art and literary form ..." He lays out the various components like imagery, the frame, timing, etc. in crisp prose and a wealth of descriptive drawings, which demonstrate all the points being made including the relationship of writing to visual design. Middle school students will particularly value the insights concerning their "favorite literary objects"--comic, books. They should be primed to take that very small step over to a broader involvement with the all-book illustration of which the picture-book is a prime category. |
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