Celebrate Will Eisner Week 2013
by Reading A Graphic Novel
Or with Others in One of the Cities Below
Amherst, Massachusetts
At the University of Massachusetts
Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, will talk about his new graphic novel, El Iluminado.
March 4th at 5:00 PM
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
At Henderson State University
The Comics Arts Club, under the direction of Professor Randy Duncan, will study Eisner's work during HSU's Immigrant Experience Focus Week.
March 4th-8th
Boston, Massachusetts
At Tufts University
Screening of Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist at the Tufts Experimental College, followed by a panel discussion including A. David Lewis, Stephen Weiner, and Chuck Henebry.
March 7th at 7:00 PM
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!
Los Angeles
At The Animation Guild in Burbank
A special meeting of CAPS, The Comic Art Professional Society, devoted to Will Eisner and hosted by Scott! Shaw.
March 14th, 7:30 PM
Minneapolis, Minnesota
At The Minneapolis College of Art and Design
A Graphic Novel Read-In at the MCAD Library, including a screening of Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist.
March 10th, 1:00 PM
New York, New York
At the Society of Illustrators
A Special Sketch Night based on Will Eisner's Iconic Illustrations
March 7th at 6:30 PM
New York, New York
At the New School / Parsons
Comics & Picture-Story Symposium. Jeremy Dauber and Danny Fingeroth discuss Eisner's work in the context of Jewish-American literature. At the New School / Parsons
March 11th at 7:00 PM,
2 West 13th Street, Room 1104.
New York, New York
Comics At Columbia University
Celebrate the most recent comics acquisitions of Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library with Moderator Paul Levitz and Panelists Larry Tye, Jay Emmett, Denny
O'Neil, and Al Jaffee.
March 7th at 6:00 PM
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At The Toonseum
Various celebratory events during Will Eisner Week including a screening of the feature length documentary Will Eisner:Portrait of a Sequential Artist by Andrew and Jon Cooke.
March 8th, 6:00 PM
Portland, Oregon
At The Art Institute of Portland
A Lecture and Panel by Dark Horse Comics Editor Diana Schutz
March 6th at 7:30 PM. If you're in Portland, don't miss this!
Portland, Oregon
The Comics Underground
A Reading of Eisner's Last Day in Vietnam with Brian Bendis, Matt Fraction, Dylan Meconis, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Michael Oeming.
The Jack London Bar
March 7th at 7:30 PM
San Francisco, California
At The Cartoon Art Museum
An Evening With Mario Hernandez, co-creator of Love and Rockets, with Museum curator Andrew Farago, including a discussion of Eisner's influences.
March 7th, 7:00 PM
Savannah, Georgia
At The Savannah College of Art and Design
Multiple events run by Professor David Duncan, including a screening of Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist and Eisner-themed Art Shows and Sessions. All Events at Norris Hall.
March 1st-10th
Seattle, Washington
At the Emerald City ComicCon Convention
A panel: Reflections on Will Eisner and the 35th Anniversary of A Contract With God - featuring Denny O'Neil, Batton Lash, Matt Fraction, Jackie Estrada, and
moderated by Ben Saunders.
March 2nd, 4:00 PM
White River Junction, Vermont
At The Center for Cartoon Studies
A Lecture on The Amazing Legacy of Will Eisner by Stephen R. Bissette.
(sorry, for students only.)
March 12th
Wow! - Burbank, April 12th
Join the Comic Art Professional Society for a postscript to Will Eisner Week
Finally an event about "The Father of the Graphic Novel" in Los Angeles! Learn about one of the greats of Comics and Sequential Art from those who knew and worked with him. Arrive at 7:30 PM and the full meeting starts at 8:00 PM.
Comic New York at Columbia University --
Columbia's Comic New York Symposium will bring together creators and
academics to discuss the intertwined histories of American comics and
the town where they were born - New York City. FREE and Open to the
Public, the symposium will take place Saturday and Sunday, March 24th and 25th in Faculty Room of the Low Library.
For more information visit the
Comic New York Website.
For more information visit the
Comic New York Website.
Will Eisner Week comes to Oregon -- thank you Bridge City Comics, especially Shawna Gore, Diana Schutz, and Michael Ring!
Bridge City Comics hosted the Graphic Novel reading Club where the topic was Last Day in Vietnam, Will Eisner's novel about the Vietnam War. Shawna Gore helped to organize the monthly event.
Diana Schutz, Will Eisner's Editor at Dark Horse and Adjunct Professor at Portland Community College, began the evening by talking about the reason for the yearly celebration. "Part of the purpose of Will Eisner Week is to keep his memory alive. He was the most important person in comics ever, and his legacy is worth celebrating. He gave so much to the industry, and pioneered so many things."
The evening continued with discussion about the novel and Will Eisner's other works. Michael Ring from Bridge City Comics commented, "He was the Steve Jobs of comics. He was there during the game changers and pushed things along."
See Christian Lipski's article at the Examiner website.
Bridge City Comics hosted the Graphic Novel reading Club where the topic was Last Day in Vietnam, Will Eisner's novel about the Vietnam War. Shawna Gore helped to organize the monthly event.
Diana Schutz, Will Eisner's Editor at Dark Horse and Adjunct Professor at Portland Community College, began the evening by talking about the reason for the yearly celebration. "Part of the purpose of Will Eisner Week is to keep his memory alive. He was the most important person in comics ever, and his legacy is worth celebrating. He gave so much to the industry, and pioneered so many things."
The evening continued with discussion about the novel and Will Eisner's other works. Michael Ring from Bridge City Comics commented, "He was the Steve Jobs of comics. He was there during the game changers and pushed things along."
See Christian Lipski's article at the Examiner website.
