Will Eisner’s birthday (94th) is being marked by google, which has put his Spirit character into their homepage logo. Eisner is a huge influence on me, not only for his great compositions within borders but for his frequently imaginative breaking of those borders to create unique layouts. As a result of the google plug, he’s also trending on twitter, making this one of the greatest exposures I’ve seen recently for a comic legend. If any of you happen to be looking for a great book of art there are several Eisner books to look at, I would like to recommend starting with THIS BOOK, ‘Will Eisner’s New York: Life in the Big City’. Having grown up as the son of Jewish immigrants in New York, Eisner gives the city itself a level of characterization that can only come from having lived there. It’s actually a collection of four books, including City People Notebook which was my first purchased Eisner work. Well worth the 20 bucks you can get it for on amazon to see one of the genuises of the medium at work.

In other comics news a bunch of indie comic creators are using twitter and their websites (mine included – look at the banner to the left) to help promote one another’s work. It’s a great example of using social media to try to provide support to colleagues, and it’s called the Indie Comics Alliance. Search for the #NDCA hashtag on twitter and check out what we’re working on. To see our stuff, remember to click on the fiction area and read the first issues of ‘Future Kings’ and ‘The Waiting Room’ for free.