Eisner - Lot 179

Eisner WILL EISNER THE SPIRIT Original plate #5 from Black Alley, published in the Fun Book supplement supplement to a Philadelphia newspaper, June 5, 1949. India ink on paper 38 × 56 cm (14.96 × 22.05 in.) Will Eisner is, in essence, the city's cartoonist. In his stories, while his hero, the Spirit, is indispensable, the city is an essential character and plays a fundamental role, as this plate perfectly illustrates. The streets, subways and buildings, depicted from different perspectives, give the story its own rhythm, relief and strength, and allow the artist to play with the contrasts between black and white that will become his signature, along with his mastery of sequential art... Thanks to this well-paced waffle iron, you can visit New York City at breakneck speed. Georges Simonian