William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an 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 influential series
The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book
A Contract with God and
Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book
Comics and Sequential Art. [
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