''To the Heart of the Storm'' is an

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by American cartoonist

Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) 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'' (1940–1952) was no ...

released in 1991. It tells of Willie's youth as the son of an immigrant family up to

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. On its release, writer Tom De Haven gave the book an A rating in ''

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'', calling Eisner "at the age of 74 ... a risk taker and an artist of astonishing vitality". The book won the 1992 Eisner Award (named for Will Eisner) for Best Graphic Album: New. It also won the 1992

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for Best Graphic Album of Original Work.

Publication history

''To the Heart of the Storm'' was originally released by

Kitchen Sink Press Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970. Kitchen Sink Press was a pioneering publisher of underground comics, and was also responsible for numerous republications of classic comic strips in hard ...

in 1991. Kitchen Sink republished it in 1995. After Kitchen Sink's demise in 1999,

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took over the publishing rights to the book, releasing an edition in 2000 (). W. W. Norton published an edition of the book in 2008 ().

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Works cited

* 1991 graphic novels American graphic novels Autobiographical graphic novels Books by Will Eisner Comics by Will Eisner Comics set in New York City {{1990s-graphic-novel-stub