The Best of the Spirit
Will Eisner
Graphic Novel
The Best of the Spirit
by Will Eisner
—· 189 p· 2005
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canon
Overview
About
Will Eisner’s work on The Spirit was, in its way, as groundbreaking as Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Both artistic achievements rewrote the book on sequential storytelling and had lasting impacts on all that followed them. Featured within these pages are 17 Spirit stories all from Eisner’s peak period, 1946 – 1950, generally regarded as his best work on The Spirit. Eisner is also considered to be the founding father of the Graphic novel, with the publication of A Contract with God in 1978. He is a…
Part of a series
The Spirit
Vol. I · 1 of 1 volumes
Series complete
Pages
189
Tandem Library
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Sequential Storytelling Innovation10
Artistry And Layout10
Narration9
Pacing8
Prose7
Emotional depth7
Plot twists7
Worldbuilding6
My journey
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