{"id":1996,"date":"2017-03-07T16:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T21:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:48:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T21:48:22","slug":"will-eisners-100th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/07\/will-eisners-100th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Eisner&#8217;s 100th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The great Will Eisner would have been 100 years old yesterday, March 6, 2017.&nbsp; Eisner was a comic book pioneer during the Golden Age of Comic Books and is known as the father of the graphic novel.&nbsp; He is certainly one of the most important comic book creators.&nbsp; Eisner created a large volume of work, but is best known for his creation of The Spirit (Denny Colt) who began appearing in weekly Sunday newspaper funny sections on June 2, 1940.&nbsp; We covered the Spirit in the <a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/22\/golden-age-of-comic-books-august-22-2005-12\/\">12th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast<\/a> (audio to be uploaded soon).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1993\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Eisner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1993\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Eisner.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Eisner.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Eisner-150x120.jpg 150w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Will-Eisner-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Eisner at his drawing board<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1996\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/07\/will-eisners-100th-birthday\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1996\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/07\/will-eisners-100th-birthday\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/07\/will-eisners-100th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/07\/will-eisners-100th-birthday\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great Will Eisner would have been 100 years old yesterday, March 6, 2017.&nbsp; 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