January 20, 2020
Event date: March 1, 2020 – March 7, 2020
Will Eisner Week (March 1-7, 2020) is an annual celebration honoring the legacy of Will Eisner, champion of the graphic novel. This international event is dedicated to promoting graphic novel literacy, free speech, and the sequential arts.
You can dive into Eisner’s work with A Contract with God, the original graphic novel. Or learn more about comics by reading Comics and Sequential Art, the first in his trilogy demonstrating the principles and methods on teaching comics.
Eisner is also the namesake of the Eisner Awards. To catch up on your CCS Eisner winners, you can read:
- The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow ′16, 2019 Best Web Comic
- Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer (Top Shelf Comix) by James Kochalka (CCS Faculty), 2019 Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
- Spinning (First Second) by Tillie Walden ’16, 2018 Best Reality-Based Work
- Good Night, Planet (Toon Books) by Liniers (CCS Fellow), 2018 Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
Tags: A Contract with God, Comics and Sequential Art, Eisner Week, First Second, Good Night Planet, James Kolchalka, Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, Liniers, Sophie Yanow, Spinning, The Contradictions, Tillie Walden, TOON Books, Top Shelf Comix, Will Eisner
