This Norton Critical Edition includes: * Jared Gardner's insightful introduction and explanatory notes. * Generous selections from four of Will Eisner's major graphic novels and story collections, carefully chosen with student readers in mind. * Will Eisner's interviews and published writing on comics and the graphic novel genre from 1978 to 2000. * Thirteen wide-ranging reviews and assessments of Eisner's works. * Critical essays by Andrew J. Kunka, Paul Williams, Jeremy Dauber, Greg M. Smith, and Derek Parker Royal. * A chronology of Will Eisner's life and work and a selected bibliography.