The Spirit of Will Eisner

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Imaginary Worlds goes live in this special presentation from the work x work on air festival. In celebration of Will Eisner's centennial, authors Paul Levitz and Bob Andelman, along with comics publisher Denis Kitchen and MAD Magazine's Al Jaffee discuss at how Eisner redefined comics as an art form, and became the "father of the graphic novel." Then comics historian and author Danny Fingeroth, editor Joan Hilty, and artist Dean Haspiel explore Eisner's legacy today in a live panel discussion.http://willeisnerweek.com/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.9	shapes, find them all in the cheese and yorkataro.
0:30.9	So before we start, I just want to tell you today's episode is going to be pretty different.
0:34.6	It was recorded in front of a live audience at the White Hotel in Brooklyn as part of
0:39.4	the work by work on Air Festival.
0:41.4	It was a really cool experience.
0:43.4	I mean, throughout this four day extravaganza, presenters like me would sit on a couch in a salon
0:48.9	in the back of the lobby.
0:50.9	I had a microphone, speakers, and a laptop, or the audience stood in sat around me.
0:56.6	And next to me in these big comfy chairs were my three panelists.
0:59.8	We'll hear from them in a while, but first, I want to play you the presentation I did on
1:04.3	Will Eisner, legendary comics artist who would have been a hundred years old this week.
1:10.5	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about how we create them and why we suspend
1:14.7	our disbelief.
1:15.7	American Olinsky live at the White Hotel is part of the work by work on Air Festival.
1:21.6	Welcome to everybody here and everyone listening online.
1:25.4	So March 6, 2017 is the centennial of Will Eisner.
1:30.3	A hundred years ago, the legendary comics writer and artist was born in this neighborhood,
1:34.2	Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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