Will Eisner. The art of life/streetwise

WILL EISNER was born William Erwin Eisner on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death on January 3, 2005, Will Eisner was recognized internationally as one of the giants in the field of sequential art, a term he coined.

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In a career that spanned nearly eight decades -- from the dawn of the comic book to the advent of digital comics - Will Eisner was truly the 'Orson Welles of comics' and the 'father of the Graphic Novel'. He broke new ground in the development of visual narrative and the language of comics and was the creator of The Spirit, John Law, and countless others.

In 1978, Will Eisner wrote "A Contract with God," the first modern Graphic Novel. This was followed by almost 20 additional graphic novels over the following 25 years.


Wizard magazine named Eisner "the most influential comic artist of all time." Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-prize winning novel "Kavalier and Clay" is based in good part on Eisner.

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New york : city profile

You’re watching watchmojo.com,
I’m your host, Alex, and today,
we’re gonna continue our city
profiles; this time, hitting up NYC.
00:10 New York City is the largest city in
the United States, and one of the
world’s major global cities.
00:15 Located in the seat of New York,
the city has a population of 8.2
million, with an area of 321 square
miles…
00:23 …making it the most densely
populated city in North America.
00:27 New York City is an international
center for business, finance,
fashion, medicine, entertainment,
media, and culture.
00:34 The city is also home to the United
Nations and to many of the world’s
most famous skyscrapers such as
the Chrysler Building and the
Empire State Building.
00:44 Otherwise known as ‘The Big Apple’
and ‘The City That Never Sleeps,’
the city attracts people from all over
the globe…
00:50 …who come for its economic
opportunity, culture, and fast-paced
cosmopolitan lifestyle.
00:55 New York City is located on the
coast of the northeastern United
States at the mouth of the Hudson
River, in southeastern New York
State.
01:03 New York has a humid continental
climate resulting from prevailing
wind patterns that bring cool air
from the interior of the North
American continent.
01:12 New York winters are typically cold,
with moderate snowfall, averaging a
total of 2 feet annually.
01:18 New York City is home to the most
complex and extensive
transportation networks in all of the
United States…
01:24 …with more than 12,000 iconic
yellow cabs, 120,000 daily
bicyclists, subways, bus and
railroad systems, immense
airports…
01:34 …landmark bridges and tunnels,
ferry services, and even an aerial
commuter tramway.
01:39 The New York City subway is the
largest subway system in the world,
measured by track mileage.
01:44 And it is also the world’s fourth
largest when measured by annual
ridership.