Will Eisner Week February 28, 2013

Will Eisner Week at the Toonseum
In celebration of Will Eisner's birthday on March 6th, the Toonseum is celebrating Will Eisner Week at the Toonseum. From March 3nd thru March 10th, the Toonseum will host special workshops, screenings, special discounts and we'll be handing out free comic books each day!
About Will Eisner:
In many ways, Will Eisner's career is the history of the comic book. An enterprising teen when he founded one of the first packaging entities for comic book companies in the 1930s, Eisner would go on to change the landscape of the funny pages, injecting the comics with action and intellect with his sexy-noir adventures in The Spirit. He would soon break new ground as an instructional artist for the military and as a mentor for aspiring artist like Jack Kirby, Jules Feiffer, Frank Miller, and the underground artists of the 1960s. In the 1970s, Eisner again revolutionized the comics medium with the first “modern graphic novel,” the complex and haunting Contract With God. Eisner would continue writing graphic novels into the new century, along the way penning a series of influential comics how-to books and documenting comics history in a series of influential artist interviews.
From the Golden Age of Comics through the creation of the modern graphic novel (a form he was instrumental in popularizing), you will find New York City at the heart of Will Eisner's work. Whether thinly disguised as "Central City" in the pages of his legendary creation, The Spirit, or more directly presented in his autobiographical graphic novels, New York was portrayed by Eisner as only a native of the city could know it.
Events Schedule:
March 3rd-10th, Free comic book! (one per guest)
Wednesday, March 6th: Screening of Will Eisner Portrait of a Sequential Artist* 7pm
Thursday, March 7th: Screening of WonderWomen Documentary* 7pm
Friday-Saturday March 8th and 9th- 20 percent discount in gift shop on all graphic novels
Saturday March 9th, Kids drop in cartooning workshops, free with paid admission at 11am
*All screenings provide complimentary beverages, non-alcoholic and alcoholic, as well as free popcorn! Must be 21 with proof of I.D. to be served alcoholic beverages.

Official Website: http://willeisner.eventbrite.com