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Photo, Print, Drawing The real thing / Will Eisner.

[ digital file from original for p. 17 ]

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[ digital file from original for p. 18 ]

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About this Item

Title

  • The real thing / Will Eisner.

Summary

  • Comics story (with text) about people discussing a film script in an office across from the World Trade Center, New York City. One man remarks: "We need reality here...special effects." The next panel shows the twin towers in flames, and then they watch the tragedy unfold during the terrorist attacks, September 11, 2001.

Names

  • Eisner, Will, artist

Created / Published

  • [2001?]

Headings

  • -  World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)--Disasters--2000-2010
  • -  September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
  • -  Motion picture industry--2000-2010
  • -  Meetings--New York (State)--New York--2000-2010
  • -  Witnesses--New York (State)--New York--2000-2010

Format Headings

  • Comic book illustrations--2000-2010.
  • Ink drawings--2000-2010.

Genre

  • Comic book illustrations--2000-2010
  • Ink drawings--2000-2010

Notes

  • -  Exhibit caption from "Timely and Timeless," section for Remembering September 11th: Reality Eclipses Special Effects. In his opening scenes, Will Eisner depicts a meeting led by a man who dismisses all suggestions for movie scripts, calling for "the real thing." In succeeding frames, the World Trade Center disintegrates, rendering everyone bowed and speechless. Eisner deploys his formidable skills in crafting well-paced, boldly framed scenes to produce a tight, compelling narrative. As the nation comprehended the enormous tragedy wrought by the terrorist attacks of September 11, Eisner, a legendary American comic book and graphic novel creator, was prominent among the many cartoonists who responded early through their art.
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  "Will Eisner (copyright owner)" verso.
  • -  Accompanying material includes six files containing design elements.
  • -  Gift; Will Eisner; 2002; (DLC/PP-2002:092).
  • -  Published in: 9-11 : the world's finest comic book writers and artists tell stories to remember / edited by Paul Levitz. New York, NY : DC Comics, c2002, v. 2, p. 17-18.
  • -  Exhibited: "Timely and Timeless" at the Graphic Arts Galleries, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012.
  • -  Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:092.

Medium

  • 2 drawings : ink, with ink wash and opaque white over graphite underdrawing + 6 production digital files.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:092 [item] [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002717268

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-02052 (digital file from original for p. 17) LC-DIG-ppmsca-02053 (digital file from original for p. 18) LC-DIG-ppbd-00103 (production files)

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  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02052 (digital file from original for p. 17) LC-DIG-ppmsca-02053 (digital file from original for p. 18) LC-DIG-ppbd-00103 (production files)
  • Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:092 [item] [P&P]
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Eisner, Will, Artist. The real thing / Will Eisner. New York, 2001. [?] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2002717268/.

APA citation style:

Eisner, W. (2001) The real thing / Will Eisner. New York, 2001. [?] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2002717268/.

MLA citation style:

Eisner, Will, Artist. The real thing / Will Eisner. [?] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2002717268/>.