WILL EISNER
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wenty-five years ago,
During the time I spent observing life in the Salomon
household, I learned how Jews succeeded in rising in this
world.
Will Eisner revolution-
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fike The Spirit, influenced people
like Art Spiegelman (Maus), Ben
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and Harvey Pekar (American
Splendor), who are considered
among today's most influential
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Eisner is back •this fall with
another comic revolution - Fagin
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the je-a, (Doubleday). Whereas
the Fagin of Dickens' Oliver
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plex, tortured character
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discrimination in the slums of
Victorian England. Fagin is no
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bracing corrective to the portrayal
of the most famous Jewish anti-
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