Will Eisner was present at the dawn of comics.
Eisner\'s work was a shining example of what comics could be: as inventive, mo.
It was unlike anything seen before, heralding an era when serious cartoonists were liberated from the limiting confines of the comic strip.
In the 1940s, he pushed the boundaries of the medium with his acclaimed weekly comic strip The Spirit , and with the publication of A Contract with God in 1978, he created a new medium altogether: the graphic novel.
Will Eisner was present at the dawn of comics