Comics and Sequential Art is a 1985 book by Will Eisner that provides an academic overview of comics. It is based on a series of essays that appeared in The Spirit magazine, themselves based on Eisner's experience teaching a course in sequential art at the School of Visual Arts. It is not presented as a teaching guide, however, but as a series of demonstrations of principles and methods. Examples are drawn from Eisner's own work, including severa...
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Comics and Sequential Art is a 1985 book by Will Eisner that provides an academic overview of comics. It is based on a series of essays that appeared in The Spirit magazine, themselves based on Eisner's experience teaching a course in sequential art at the School of Visual Arts. It is not presented as a teaching guide, however, but as a series of demonstrations of principles and methods. Examples are drawn from Eisner's own work, including several complete stories featuring The Spirit (listed below). A 1990 expanded edition of the book includes short sections on the print process and the use of computers in comics.
Comics and Sequential Art is well-regarded in the community of comics professionals, garnering praise from the likes of Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Jeff Smith, and referenced and expanded on by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics.
Eisner wrote a companion volume to Comics and Sequential Art, Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative, which was published in 1996.
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