Will Eisner collection. 1934-1983.

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Will Eisner collection. 1934-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56578267

The collection consists of original art, in a variety of media, and includes tearsheets, proofs, posters, mechanicals and photographs of Eisner's works; general papers; business correspondence; fan mail; educational materials developed by Eisner, such as the series Grammarfun; comic books; examples of his commercial products; books illustrated by Eisner; scrapbooks; magazine articles by or about Will Eisner. Included are works by artists who worked for Eisner, such as Jules Feiffer, Andre LeBlanc, Klaus Nordling and Fred Schwab. Numerous works by Eisner, including PS, are cataloged separately.

7 boxes + portfolio recordings + ca. 230 art originals.

Ohio State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7755135

Ohio State University Libraries

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American Visual Corporation.

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Iger, Jerry

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Schwab, Frederick A.

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Quality Comics Group.

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Le Blanc, André, 1921-

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Nordling, Klaus, 1915-

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Eisner, William

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William Erwin Eisner is an American cartoonist, writer and businessman. A pioneer of the comic book industry and one of the most influential innovators of sequential art, Eisner studied art under George Bridgeman at the New York Art Students' League. His early employment was with Eve magazine; his first comic book was for WOW, What a Magazine (1936). He then founded a company with Jerry Iger to produce comics and comic related products and formed Universal Phoenix Features to market their work o...

Feiffer, Jules

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Jules Feiffer, playwright. From the description of Carnal knowledge: typescript, 1988. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430742 Scheduled for production at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Grown ups : a play / by Jules Feiffer. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 740492054 Cartoonist, playwright, author, and illustrator. Born 1929. From the description of Jules Feiffer papers, 1919-1995 ...

Universal Phoenix Features.

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