BENDIS!
01-04-2005, 06:29 AM
WILL EISNER WILL NEVER DIE
You can’t die if you single-handedly invented the language of an entire art form and the concept of the graphic novel. Its impossible. He is immortal.
Will Eisner is the most inspirational, most inventive and most sincerely passionate man I have ever met on this planet. I was not friends with him and my run ins were very brief, but for me very meaningful. They probably could have been more than they were but I felt completely unworthy to be in the same room with him.
Years ago, I had the honor of having my work critiqued by him. He was honest and generous and was given words to live by that have stayed in my head every day for the last decade.
It was very close to a religious experience. It is one of the true gift’s of my life.
A couple of years ago when I was lucky enough to be invited to the Eisner awards for the first time, I was unaware until I got there that the award was actually given to you by will Eisner.
And any pro who actually gets to win one of those things will tell you that as nice as it is to get a little thing like that the true prize was getting the sincere handshake and little moment of acceptance from the man who invented something you love so much that prior to his inventing it did not exist.
I’m sorry my words here are from my own experience and not more about the man, but these moments meant so much to me and I am flooded with that feeling right now.
Do not mourn him. Celebrate him.
If you are a storyteller or a fan of the craft, seek out his text books.
If you want to be moved and thrilled by the sheer magnitude of a master of the craft, please find A CONTRACT WITH GOD or THE SPIRIT CASEBOOK.
One of the most important men this medium will ever see. Go find out why.
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BENDIS!
You can’t die if you single-handedly invented the language of an entire art form and the concept of the graphic novel. Its impossible. He is immortal.
Will Eisner is the most inspirational, most inventive and most sincerely passionate man I have ever met on this planet. I was not friends with him and my run ins were very brief, but for me very meaningful. They probably could have been more than they were but I felt completely unworthy to be in the same room with him.
Years ago, I had the honor of having my work critiqued by him. He was honest and generous and was given words to live by that have stayed in my head every day for the last decade.
It was very close to a religious experience. It is one of the true gift’s of my life.
A couple of years ago when I was lucky enough to be invited to the Eisner awards for the first time, I was unaware until I got there that the award was actually given to you by will Eisner.
And any pro who actually gets to win one of those things will tell you that as nice as it is to get a little thing like that the true prize was getting the sincere handshake and little moment of acceptance from the man who invented something you love so much that prior to his inventing it did not exist.
I’m sorry my words here are from my own experience and not more about the man, but these moments meant so much to me and I am flooded with that feeling right now.
Do not mourn him. Celebrate him.
If you are a storyteller or a fan of the craft, seek out his text books.
If you want to be moved and thrilled by the sheer magnitude of a master of the craft, please find A CONTRACT WITH GOD or THE SPIRIT CASEBOOK.
One of the most important men this medium will ever see. Go find out why.
_________________
BENDIS!