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"Will Eisner: A Spirited Life was written by Bob Andelman and published by M Press in 2005. I saw Andelman do a presentation about his biography at MegaCon in 2006. I finally bought it last year and was not disappointed. The book provides a window into the early years of the comic book industry. If you would like to learn about his creation The Spirit, the subject of Frank Miller's movie adaption due to be released in theaters on Christmas of this year, this is the book to check out. The book follows Eisner's varied career, both in and out of comics. Beginning just before the comic book scare of the 1950's, Eisner left comics to produce P. S., the Army maintenance magazine, which contained a comic book insert that would illustrate a different equipment maintenance procedure each month. And it explores Eisner's contribution to the evolution of the graphic novel. This book is a must for any library about comic book history."
— Billy Hogan, "My Pull List" blogger (November 8, 2008)
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INDEX
Interviews
By Bob Andelman
Kyle Bornheimer
star, Worst Week
Ethan Suplee
co-star, My Name is Earl
Philip Winchester
star, Crusoe
Donal Logue
Life, Knights of Prosperity, Grounded for Life actor
Josh Gomez
Chuck actor
Alana De La Garza
actress, Law & Order, CSI: Miami
Milo Ventimiglia
Heroes
Cheryl Hines
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jeff Garlin
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Michelle Borth
Tell Me You Love Me
Larry Thomas
Seinfeld's Soup Nazi/Postal
Robert Wuhl
Assume The Position, Arli$$, Hollywood Knights
TV STAR Interview Index to Mr. Media
Gary Scott Thompson
Knight Rider, Las Vegas show runner, executive producer; The Fast and The Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hollow Men, Split Second screenwriter
Katherine Fugate
Army Wives
Bill Prady
The Big Bang Theory; Gilmore Girls; Star Trek Voyager; Dream On; Muppets 3-D
David Simon
The Wire; The Corner; Homicide: Life on the Streets
David Fury
24, Lost; Buffy; Dream On
TV PRODUCER Interview Index to Mr. Media
Kirk Douglas
actor/author
Ally Sheedy
Steam, WarGames, The Breakfast Club
Billy Bob Thornton
Beautiful Door/Bad Santa
MOVIE STAR Interview Index to Mr. Media
Michael Uslan
The Dark Knight, Will Eisner's The Spirit, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Batman Begins, Catwoman, Constantine, National Treasure, Swamp Thing, Shazam!, The Shadow, Constantine
Katy Chevigny
Election Day, Deadline, Arctic Son, Arts Engine, Media That Matters Film Festival
Bob Balaban
Bernard and Doris
David Sington
In the Shadow of the Moon
MOVIE DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER and SCREENWRITER Interview Index to Mr. Media
Bill Adair
Politifact.com; St. Petersburg Times
Pete Von Sholly
Capitol Hell
David Andelman
A Shattered Peace
John Amato
CrooksandLiars.com
Philip Shenon
The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation
POLITICAL Interview Index to Mr. Media
Jeff Kreisler
My Wall Street Journal; Indecision 2008
Robert Schimmel, Part 1
Cancer On $5 a Day
Robert Schimmel, Part 2
Cancer On $5 a Day
STAND-UP COMEDIAN Interview Index to Mr. Media
Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
Skinny Bitch book series co-authors
Brian Frazer
Hyper-Chondriac
HEALTH EXPERTS Interview Index to Mr. Media
Chris Napolitano
Playboy
Kim Kleman
Consumer Reports
Seth Bauer
The Green Guide
Mary Kay Culpepper
Cooking Light
Carey Winfrey
Smithsonian Magazine
MAGAZINE EDITOR Interview Index to Mr. Media
Alec Foege
Right of the Dial: The Rise of Clear Channel and the Fall of Commercial Radio
Tom Leykis
The Tom Leykis Show
RADIO STAR Interview Index to Mr. Media
Laurel Touby
Mediabistro.com founder, socializer-in-chief
Haroon Mokhtarzada
Webs.com CEO
Tommy Duncan
Stocks of Fire blogger
Will Jerro
MonkeySee.com
Alan Levy
BlogTalkRadio.com Founder
Jim McBride
Mr. Skin
BLOGGER, PODCASTER and WEB SITE PRODUCER Interview Index to Mr. Media
Jodi Thomas
Tall, Dark and Texan, western romance author
John Darnton
Black & White and Dead All Over, Neanderthal, The Darwin Conspiracy, The New York Times
James Sheehan
The Mayor of Lexington Avenue; The Law of Second Chances
Kristin Harmel
How to Sleep With a Movie Star; The Art of French Kissing; When You Wish
Sara Zarr
Story of a Girl; Sweethearts
Tim Dorsey
Hurricane Punch
NOVELIST Interview Index to Mr. Media
David Wild
author, He Is?I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond, Friends? ?til the End: The One with All Ten Years, And the Grammy Goes To?, The Showrunners, Friends: The Official Companion Book, Heart Full of Soul (Taylor Hicks autobiography)
Billy Bob Thornton
Beautiful Door/Bad Santa
Legs McNeil
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored History of the Porn Film Industry, Punk Magazine
Bob Gruen
John Lennon, The Clash, New York Dolls rock ?n? roll photographer
MUSICIAN Interview Index to Mr. Media
Jenny Block
Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage
Jim McBride
Mr. Skin
Chris Napolitano
Playboy
SEXUALITY EXPERT Interview Index to Mr. Media
Roger Bennett,
Camp Camp, Disco Bar Mitzvah
Mike Edison
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, High Times, Screw, Cheri, Main Event, Penthouse
Julia Roberts
Motherhood to Otherhood
Rick Smolan
America at Home, A Day in the Lie of America, America 24/7
CULTURE & SOCIETY EXPERT Interview Index to Mr. Media
Joe Ariel
Eats Magazine, College Eats, Eats.com
Ed Droste
Hooters Restaurants
FOOD EXPERT Interview Index to Mr. Media
Cheryl Crane
daughter of actress Lana Turner, author of Lana: The Memories, The Myths, The Movies, Detour: A Hollywood Story
David Wild
author, He Is... I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond, Friends... 'til the End: The One with All Ten Years, And the Grammy Goes To..., The Showrunners, Friends: The Official Companion Book, Heart Full of Soul (Taylor Hicks autobiography)
David Michaelis
Schulz and Peanuts
Bob Eckstein
author, The History of the Snowman
Larry "Ratso" Sloman
The Secret Life of Houdini
BIOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN and A.J. JACOBS Interview Index to Mr. Media
Brandi Chastain
soccer player, U.S. Women?s Olympic gold medal winner
Kerri Strug
gymnast, U.S. Women?s Olympic gold medal winner
Peter Golenbock
In the Country of Brooklyn, Tony Curtis author
Harvey Frommer
Remembering Yankee Stadium author
Pete Williams
The Draft
Peter Golenbock
7: The Mickey Mantle Novel
ATHLETE and SPORTS EXPERT Interview Index to Mr. Media
Bob Gruen
John Lennon, The Clash, New York Dolls rock 'n' roll photographer
Rick Smolan
America at Home, A Day in the Lie of America, America 24/7
PHOTOGRAPHER Interview Index to Mr. Media
Clay Bennett
Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist
Alberto Ibarguen
Knight Foundation
Sree Sreenivasan
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; WNBC-TV
JOURNALIST Interview Index to Mr. Media
Norman Pardo
O.J. Simpson friend, publicist, documentarian
Craig Glazer
author , The King of Sting
CRIME EXPERT Interview Index to Mr. Media
Dave Hagan
Boingo Wireless CEO
Laurel Touby
Mediabistro.com founder, socializer-in-chief
Haroon Mokhtarzada
Webs.com CEO
BUSINESS EXPERT Interview Index to Mr. Media
Gene Colan
Marvel Comics, Iron Man, Daredevil, Howard the Duck, DC Comics, Batman
Bill Schelly
author, Man of Rock: A Joe Kubert Biography
Darwyn Cooke...
The Spirit
Wendy Pini and Richard Pini
Elfquest; Masque of the Red Death
Joe Sinnott
Fantastic Four/Brush Strokes with Greatness
Chuck Dixon
The Simpsons Comics
David Hajdu
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare
COMIC BOOK CREATOR Interview Index to Mr. Media
Patrick McDonnell
Mutts cartoonist
Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Baby Blues
Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
Zits
Mort Walker
Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois
Jules Feiffer
Feiffer, Popeye, Carnal Knowledge, The Man in the Ceiling
Stephan Pastis
Pearls Before Swine
Mark Tatulli
LIO
Ray Billingsley
Curtis
CARTOONIST Interview Index to Mr. Media
Drew Friedman...
On What?s Wrong With the Biography, Will Eisner:A Spirited Life
Andrew D. Cooke...
On Producing the Documentary, Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
WILL EISNER Interview Index to Mr. Media
Bob Andelman is the host and producer of the “Mr. Media Interviews” podcast. He is also the author or co-author of 9 books including: Will Eisner: A Spirited Life; Built From Scratch; Mean Business; The Profit Zone; The Corporate Athlete, Stadium For Rent and several others. Complete biography & book reviews here. Looking to hire a collaborator or writer for a book? Contact my agent, Michael Bourret. Magazine editors can contact me directly.
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