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Issue: Life, in Pictures: Autobiographical Stories #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2007
 
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Publisher: FlagW. W. Norton
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Indicia Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
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Pages: 504
ISBN: 9780393061079
UPC/EAN: 978039306107952995
Price: $35.50 CAD
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Content Items: 37 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black and White
Dimensions: 7.375" x 10.25"
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Life, in Pictures: Autobiographical Stories

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Will Eisner

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Life, in Pictures

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The Will Eisner Library

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Life, in Pictures

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Contents

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Introduction

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Editor's Note

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Life, in Pictures

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A Sunset in Sunshine City

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The Dreamer

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Introduction to The Dreamer

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The Dreamer

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Billy Eyron
Billy Eyron; Jimmy Samson; Don Harrifield, Jakob Lovecraft; Capt Montrose B Wilson; Chuck Maxwell; Ken Corn; Lew Sharp; Armand Budd, Andrea Budd, Gar Tooth; Jack King; Bo Powers; Vincent Reynard; Beansy Everett; Chuck Mann
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All of these characters are based on real people who worked with Eisner in the early days of comic books
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Annotations to The Dreamer

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To the Heart of the Storm

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To the Heart of the Storm

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Autobiographical tale flashing back and forward in time. Headers appear throughout the story: "1942" (page 109), "New York 1880" (page 143), and "Vienna 1910" (page 187), but these function more like time markers than actual subtitles.
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The Name of the Game

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The Arnheim Family

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Moses Arnheim; Isadore Arnheim; Alex Arnheim; Conrad Arnheim; Clara; Mrs. Arnheim (Isadore's wife)
The childhood of Conrad Arnheim.
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The Ober Family

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Abner Ober; Lilli Ober; Mrs. Ober (Abner's wife); Isidore Arnheim; Conrad Arnheim
The childhood of Lilli Ober and her being invited to New York in preparation for her marriage to Conrad Arnheim.
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Ober-Arnheim Wedding Social Event of Season

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Abner Ober; Lilli Ober; Mrs. Ober (Abner's wife); Isidore Arnheim; Conrad Arnheim; Edith Arnheim; Alex Arnheim; Alva Arnheim; Williams; Roland Sydney; Lena; Dr. Glitz
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Market Crash

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Conrad Arnheim; Sam; Alva Arnheim; Lena; Williams; Mr. Kauff; Alex Arnheim; Gilda; Eva Krause; George the Butcher; Edna Wein; Williams; Clara; Helen Arnheim; Abner Ober; Sam; Rose Arnheim; Pierre; Mrs. Wainright; Roland Sydney; Harold Klegheimer; Elaine; Aron Kayn; Gert Kayn; Abe Kayn; Senator Jacoby; Sir Ian Arnhome; Mary; Mrs. Frieda Stein; Mr. Gemp
The story of the Arnheim family thru the Great Depression and WWII and the death of Conrad Arnheim.
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The Day I Became a Professional

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Will Eisner; Ludwig Bemelmans
A young Will Eisner receives his first professional rejection.
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Sketches

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A Good Marriage

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About the Author

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