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ckrupiej's review against another edition
5.0
"A Sunset in Sunshine City"
"The Dreamer"
"To The Heart of the Storm"
"The Name of the Game"
"The Day I Became a Professional"
Introduction of Scott McCloud
Here in this collection are aspects of the Will Eisner I didn't know: The prejudice that he endured, and the calamitous worldwide changes that invaded his dreams in To the Heart of the Storm; the bitter, desperate side of human nature that he bears witness to in The Name of the Game and "A Sunset in Sunshine City"; the early days of the comics industry and its denizens brought to life in The Dreamer and "The Day I Became a Professional". There's so much of the man that I never saw, but what I did see altered my outlook on life and art, and that outlook altered everything that followed.
"The Dreamer"
"To The Heart of the Storm"
"The Name of the Game"
"The Day I Became a Professional"
Introduction of Scott McCloud
Here in this collection are aspects of the Will Eisner I didn't know: The prejudice that he endured, and the calamitous worldwide changes that invaded his dreams in To the Heart of the Storm; the bitter, desperate side of human nature that he bears witness to in The Name of the Game and "A Sunset in Sunshine City"; the early days of the comics industry and its denizens brought to life in The Dreamer and "The Day I Became a Professional". There's so much of the man that I never saw, but what I did see altered my outlook on life and art, and that outlook altered everything that followed.
reickel's review against another edition
3.0
Eisner uses his singular talents well, but the subject matter isn't my favorite. It has all the seriousness of a literary novel, without the depth of characters. For as fundamentally sound as the art is, it's less likely to drop anyone's jaw with its beauty.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Mostly a bunch of ugly stories told well. Good art with distinctive characters that are mostly recognizable as they age. The young Will Eisner story would have been somewhat improved if the names hadn't been changed - but the annotations cover it pretty well. Mostly these are stories of marriage and appearances. The art was mostly a lot of drawing of people. I'm glad I read it but I don't think this will push me into being a real Eisner fan.
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