INVISIBLE PEOPLE

An extraordinary and classic graphic novel celebrating the Big Apple, from the master of American comics art. With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents one of his renowned celebrations of the Big Apple. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Invisible People is a haunting trio of stories about life's forgotten shut-ins in the tradition of Kafka, Gogol, and Melville. Eisner said of the project: "This book was written in anger. In 1991, I came upon an item in my local newspaper about the suicide of a poor woman, Carolyn Lamboly. Disabled, impoverished and alone, she had for over a year applied again and again for help from the community support system. But her case became lost in the county computer system and she had become an invisible person. "A few days before Christmas 1990 sick, alone and in despair, she hung herself. "Her body lay unclaimed in a funeral home for two months. She was finally buried in an unmarked grave in a public cemetery. "These are stories that grew out of my dismay." Winner of the 1993 Harvey Awards for "Best Writer" and "Best Cartoonist". Out of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. Slight edge wear.