Cartoonist
Will Eisner
Created The Spirit and then more or less invented the graphic novel with A Contract with God in 1978, at sixty-one.
William Erwin Eisner was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940 to 1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
- Born
- 1917-03-06, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 2005-01-03, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, USAA Monday, aged 87
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1917-03-06, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 15°33′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 21°20′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 26°54′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 2°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 14°19′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 3°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 23°59′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 21°09′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 2°27′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 2°21′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2005-01-03, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 13°25′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 13°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 21°34′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 22°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 6°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 17°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 24°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 4°01′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 13°56′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 22°49′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Will Eisner was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.