Andrew D. Cooke

Arguably the most influential person in American comics, Will Eisner, as artist, entrepreneur, innovator, and visual storyteller, enjoyed a career that encompassed comic books from their early beginnings in the 1930s to their development as graphic novels in the 1990s. During his sixty-year-plus career, Eisner introduced the now-traditional mode of comic book production; championed mature, sophisticated storytelling; was an early advocate for using the medium as a tool for education; pioneered the now-popular graphic novel, and served as inspiration for generations of artists. Without a doubt, Will Eisner was the godfather of the American comic book.

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

名門ハイスクールに通う奨学生チャーリーは、アルバイトで目の不自由な退役軍人フランクの世話を引き受けた。翌朝、校長の愛車がペンキまみれにされるという事件が起き、犯人を目撃した彼は、校長に呼び出される。犯人を明かさなければ退学だが、犯人を密告した場合ハーバード大学への奨学金も約束すると言われたチャーリー。悩みながらフランクを訪ねた彼は、有無を言わさずその足でニューヨークへの旅に同行させられる。