Friday, December 14, 2012
My Inner Will Eisner
Here's a recent illustration for the Writer's Chronicle magazine, created to accompany an article about using literary surprises in fiction. The idea of a Spirit-esque image immediately came to mind, and luckily the client turned out to be an Eisner fan. They loved it so much, they're making it the cover of their upcoming issue...
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I spotted the Eisneresque cover at Barnes & Noble earlier today and your art credit on the table of contents. Unfortunately, I saw no credit for Eisner as the inspiration either on the cover or the t/o/c. :(
I guess that's true, Anonymous.
Though people do not usually receive credit for "inspiration," I certainly DO credit the man as a personal hero of mine and, as I said, I was definitely thinking about him while working on the piece. As would be obvious to anyone familiar with Eisner's work.
How'd it print? I Haven't seen it yet. I'm wondering how they reconciled the magazine's logo design and cover copy since this wasn't originally intended to be a cover illustration.
Its obvious Eisner influence is what drew my eye to the cover. Which is not to say said obviousness would prompt the unlearned to exclaim, "How Eisneresque!" That is why homages usually declare themselves to the uninitiated. Now, if there was an Eisnerspritz on the cover. :)
The mag's cover logo and copy did not detract from or distract from the illo.
-An Eisner fan from 1966
Thanks for letting me know. Hope you like the drawing, and you're right: a little note of acknowledgement on the part of me or the publisher would have been the 'classy' thing to do! And that's what I'm doing here on my blog.
:)
A note to the aforementioned "Uninitiated:" This drawing was NOT actually copied from a Will Eisner source, but was inspired by many of his amazing title pages. Let's just say this was done in the SPIRIT of the master, Will Eisner. (heh heh)
I had to take a second look to assure myself it wasn't done by Eisner, so take a bow!
-An Eisner fan from 1966
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