Will Eisner: Profession: Cartoonist--New Video Documentary

Image by Alan Light via FlickrComing in December from Image Entertainment is this long-awaited Brazilian documentary of American comics master Will Eisner, directed by Marisa Furtado.

This award-winning, three-part documentary explores the remarkable and lengthy career of Will Eisner, a pioneering cartoonist whose work continues to impact popular culture.

• Part 1: "Spirit:" All about Eisner's most famous character, The Spirit, who debuted in 1940 and has been continuously published around the world
• Part 2: "The Dream:" Eisner's dream of being recognized as an artist through his media is revealed, including how his meetings with underground cartoonists in 1978 led him to produce his first graphic novel which revolutionized the field
• Part 3: "Master Class:" Eisner demonstrates at his drawing board the techniques related to his books, The Art of Storytelling and Comics and Sequential Art
• Aired on TV in 36 countries
• Features interviews with Art Spiegelman, Bill Sinkiewicz, Denis Kitchen, Jerry Robinson and Ann Eisner, plus Brazilian cartoonists (Angeli, Guazzelli, Lailson, Mauricio de Souza, Ota, Ziraldo) and French and Belgian artists Jano and Francois Shuiten

You can watch a trailer from the video HERE!

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Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage hosts comic-book exhibit (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Zap! Pow! Bam! The Super Hero: The Golden Age of Comic Books
What: An exhibit covering origins and history of comic books.
When: Through Jan. 4.
Where: The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood.
Info: For tickets and details, call 216-593-0575 or go to MaltzJewishMuseum.org.

by Michael Sangiacomo / Plain Dealer Reporter

Monday September 15, 2008, 11:59 PM

The single, framed piece of yellowed paper from the early 1940s is unique and priceless in the truest sense of the words. The page has Joe Shuster's story pencil drawings of Superman with an inscription by Jerry Siegel to Batman artist Jerry Robinson. Siegel quips that if he had seen Robinson's art first, he might have hired him to draw Superman. The creators of Superman sharing a moment with the guy who created The Joker.

A comic fan's dream.

That's just one of more than 100 pieces on display at The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, where "Zap! Pow! Bam! The Super Hero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950" exhibit begins Tuesday.

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