Trivia

Attended high school with "Batman" creator Bob Kane.

The "Oscar" of the comic book industry is named in his honor. "The Will Eisner Awards", also known as the "Eisners", were established in 1987, and until his death in 2005, he personally handed out the awards during the ceremonies held at the San Diego Comic Book Conventions.

The last project he worked on was the graphic novel "The Plot: The Secret History of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'". Completed in the last month of his life and published posthumously, it is a dramatized examination of the infamous and libelous anti-Semitic book, featuring an introduction by Umberto Eco and an afterward by Professor Stephen Eric Bronner.

Comics writer Neil Gaiman and writer/artist Frank Miller have both named him as their all-time favorite comic creator.

He is considered to be among the most important comic book writers of all time.

In the introduction to the 2001 reissue of A Contract with God, Eisner revealed that the inspiration for the title story grew out of the 1970 death of his leukemia-stricken teenage daughter, Alice, next to whom he is buried. Until then, only Eisner's closest friends were aware of his daughter's life and death.

Eisner, while he prided his cultural background, turned against the religion when his family was denied entry to a synagogue over lack of money for admission.

Was a frequent victim of Anti-Semitic violence growing up.

Is the author and illustrator of "Graphic Storytelling" and "Comics and Sequential Art", in which the master artist details the techniques that he uses.

Has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

His father was an artist and made a living painting backdrops for vaudeville as well as working in a coat factory and as a furniture retailer. He encouraged Will by buying him art supplies.

Had a brother named Julian and a sister named Rhoda who were four and twelve years younger respectively.

For decades, Eisner produced comics sections for the U.S. Army publications, "Army Motors" and " PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly" which focused on proper maintenance of Army equipment and vehicles. In addition, Eisner was commissioned to produce the pamphlet, "The M16A1 Rifle" in 1968 as part of the U.S. Army's effort to address serious reliability problems of the M-16 Rifle experienced by U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War to illustrate proper weapon maintenance.

Grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.