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Four extraordinary autobiographical stories from a legend in American comics.
Loosely based on the story of Eisner's wife's family, this epic tale spanning three generations of power and privilege explores wealth, marriage, and jealousy in a sprawling American dynasty."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Born in New York City, Will Eisner (1917–2005) was the author of the legendary comic strip The Spirit, as well as fifteen graphic novels and three influential instructional textbooks. The comic industry’s top awards, the Eisner Awards, are named in his honor.
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Eisner, a comics creator since the 1930s (he is best known for the masked crimefighter the Spirit), has turned in recent years to depicting Jewish life in America in the first half of the twentieth century. This multigenerational saga follows the socially prominent Arnheim family for nearly a century as they parlay a corset-manufacturing firm into a lucrative stock brokerage. Boorish son Conrad marries the daughter of a wealthy Midwest banker, giving the Arnheims access to capital; in trade, the bride's family gets prestige. The characters are all one-dimensional, and there isn't much nuance in the story, which relies on such staples of melodrama as sudden heart attacks and a no-good, alcoholic younger son. This is pretty old-fashioned stuff, reflecting a sensibility somehow appropriate to the period and subject. Eisner's current drawing style is less illustrative than before but more expressive; he now achieves his greatest effects through eloquent facial expressions and dramatic body language. In addition to libraries' graphic novel collections, Eisner's recent work should be considered for Jewish-studies collections. Gordon Flagg
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- Publication date2008
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