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Get the latest newsWelcome to Eisner Week!
Will Eisner Week is an annual event to celebrate graphic novels, comics literacy, and free speech and to honor the legacy of Will Eisner who popularized the term “graphic novel.” Every year, Eisner Week starts in the beginning of March to coincide with his birthday March 6th. Starting in 2009, four years after Einser’s death in 2005, 2016 is the 8th annual Eisner week.
Eisner books on the shelf at the Schulz Library.
We have some books on display to celebrate this week. First up, we have The Outer Space Spirit, which includes the last 10 episodes of The Spirit as a newspaper strip. It also includes the roughs or layouts for another 3 episodes that were never completed because the strip was cancelled. The introduction to this book includes a history lesson about 1952 specifically about The Spirit being in comic strip in major newspapers. Second, we also have The Invisible People out, a collection of three stories about every cartoonist’s favorite topic, shut-ins (because we are one) in New York.
Two special Eisner picks on display in the library.
As part of the celebration, the Schulz Library is staying open late on Friday, March 4, for the First Friday Art Walk in White River Junction, with extra hours from 5-8. We will have some displays of books and craft tables where people can come make their own book marks. So come in to the Schulz library or go to your local library or comic shop, and read a comic or two!
