The Collected Will Eisner's John Law

Name: The Collected Will Eisner's John Law
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781787745353
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By Gary Chaloner and Will Eisner

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In 1948, Will Eisner produced the first issue of John Law Detective, which he intended to add to a line of self-published comics. However, after Eisner's Baseball Comics, Kewpies, and Pirate Comics failed to find an audience, John Law never made it to the newsstand and... Read More

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The Collected Will Eisner's John Law

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Wherever men live, be they nomads or city dwellers, there they must have law and a man to enforce it. Meet Detective John Law of Crossroads City. Strong, decent, hardworking and hard-nosed. He's a man who believes in the law and order. He's the last of a dying breed.

Description

In 1948, Will Eisner produced the first issue of John Law Detective, which he intended to add to a line of self-published comics. However, after Eisner's Baseball Comics, Kewpies, and Pirate Comics failed to find an audience, John Law never made it to the newsstand and was quietly dropped, with much of the original artwork reworked in 1950 for his most famous creation, The Spirit.

Featuring original stories by Will Eisner, Gary Chaloner’s award-winning reboot from 2004, including a previously unpublished John Law story, and a foreword by long-time Eisner publisher Denis Kitchen, this is a must-have for not just Eisner fans but comic collectors of all ages.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787745353

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Comics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 258.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 152

Collections

Adult Graphic Novels Biography & Memoir Fiction Gary Chaloner Graphic Novels Will Eisner

About the Author

Will Eisner Born March 6, 1917. Cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.