Will Eisner - Portrait of a Sequential Artist

The godfather of the American comic book, Will Eisner enjoyed a career spanning 1930s cartooning to contemporary graphic novels. Part of an unparalleled group of Jewish cartoonists, Eisner stretched the boundaries of storytelling, developing the comic into a mature combination of art and literature. In 1939, he created The Spirit (recently adapted as a major motion picture), a gritty crime fighter series. Much of his work incorporated the Jewish experience and struggle against anti-Semitism. This accomplished documentary features a wealth of artwork, as well as interviews with comic luminaries Art Spiegelman and Frank Miller, novelists Michael Chabon and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and others.