![]() ![]() Will was the eldest of three children born to the Eisner family. Ingber was not allowed to socialize with others or to attend school. Her stepsister turned out to be a harsh taskmaster, who kept Ingber mostly preoccupied with chores. She was then primarily raised by her older stepsister. She was born aboard a ship which transported her immigrant parents to the United States. Eisner's mother was the Romanian-Jewish Fannie Ingber (born 1891). He found work in New York City, painting backdrops for vaudeville and for the Jewish theater. ![]() He migrated to the United States, primarily to avoid conscription. Before World War I, Shmuel worked in Vienna, painting murals for wealthy patrons and for Catholic churches. Eisner's father was the artist Shmuel "Samuel" Eisner (born 1886) from Austria-Hungary. ![]() Both of his parents were first-generation European-Jewish immigrants, and distant relatives of each other. In 1917, Eisner was born in Brooklyn, New York City. The Eisner Award (for creative achievement in American comic books) and the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame were both named after him. He is credited with popularizing the term "graphic novel" in 1978. ![]() Later, Eisner worked primarily with graphic novels. He is most famous for creating the masked crime-fighter Spirit/Denny Colt, and for being the main creator of the original eponymous series "the Spirit" (1940-1952). He was one of the pioneering artists of the American comic book industry. Will Eisner was an American comic book artist and writer of Austrian-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish descent. ![]()
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