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He also helped codify the common
language of comics. For years he taught
a class in making comics at New York's
School of Visual Arts. His book Comics
and Sequential Art (1985) is required
reading for anyone aspiring to draw
comics. His 1996 addendum, Graphic
Storytelling, deals with how to tell sto-
ries in his favored medium.
If he feels that comics do not get
their share of respect, he also feels that
many critics misunderstand some of
the genre's devices.
"I believe very strongly," he cites as
an example, "that stereotypes are
absolutely essential and necessary. I
don't think 'stereotype' is a dirty word.
It's only a dirty word when it's used to
vilify, like when it was used about Jews
in the Nazi regime or about blacks.
"This medium is totally dependent
on stereotypes. Stereotypes are a depic-
tion of a character or a person based on
commonly perceived or accepted char-
acteristics. It's inescapable.
"Same thing when younger review-
ers reject sentiment. Now, sentiment is
directly connected with warmth and
human emotion. How can you possibly
talk about heartbreak without resorting
to sentimentality?"
Over the last two decades, Eisner
has created ten novel-length panel
graphics. He dabbled in speculative fic-
tion in 1983's A Signal From Space. He
created autobiographical works like The
Dreamer (1989), his musing on the
early days of comics. Even more per-
sonal, in To The Heart of the Storm
(1991), Eisner reflects on his family
history up to World War II.
His favorite works — A Contract
With God, A Life Force (1995) and
center on slices of
Dropsie Avenue
urban life.
"I think you're going to begin to see
more and more of the comics that have
serious content," Eisner maintains,
"addressing themselves to subject mat-
ter that adults are going to read.
"I think the age of the comic reader
is growing, is getting older. I think the
medium is here to stay. I think it's the
new literacy, because comic occupies
the space between pure text and film. It
delivers information in the rhythm of
our time." ❑

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Sormani, Louis XV style Bombe music
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Regency carved mahogany chairs, pair, Ex. Dodge Estate.
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and speak at several panel discus-
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