WILL EISNER: The Centennial Celebration 1917 – 2017

On display through June 3, 2017 in the Main Floor Gallery (Galleries 1 & 2)

Society of Illustrators

The lasting legacy that Will Eisner has in sequential art cannot be overstated-he is known as the Champion of the Graphic Novel. This two-floor retrospective-the largest Eisner exhibition ever in the United States-curated by Denis Kitchen and John Lind, comprises over 150 pieces including original artwork from Smash Comics (1939), key sequences from his graphic novels including A Contract with God (1978), Life on Another Planet (1983), A Life Force (1988), To the Heart of the Storm (1991), and over 40 pages of originals from The Spirit (1940-1952) newspaper section.

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