A Life Force Young Adult fanciful line—stories

fanciful line—stories

Shines a light on how comics creators are affected by chronic disease

"4 out of 5

precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in

Young readers will thoroughly ­enjoy this story

A Life Force Young Adult fanciful line—storiesBy Will Eisner. Published by W. W. Norton. Softcover, 150 pages, B&W, 2006 (originally published 1988) Eisner was not only ahead of his times; the present times are still catching up to him.John Updike Called a masterpiece by R. Crumb, A Life Force chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics through the depiction of the protagonist, Jacob Shtarkah, whose existential search reflected Eisners