This is a portion from the Will Eisner biography (A Spirited Life) I’m reading right now:
“P.S. – Lady Luck for the past couple of months has been awful – not even comic book quality.”
This is correspondence between Will and “Busy” Arnold – his publisher.
It nearly broke my heart to read this. For a man as hard working (and legendary) as Eisner to be summarily trashed really wounded me (mind boggling, I know).
But those stories about the early comic industry always portray such a hustle, a verve to be recognized and respected and create good work.
I identify! Totally. That’s the goal – quality material. And I just put myself in his shoes when I read that and – wooh – I felt his pain.
It’s so hard to throw yourself in and truly feel for something, only to be rejected. Hard indeed. And a bit of toughening up I’ll have to do.
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