The Spirit #14, December 1985
You can buy a great piece of Will Eisner art… or, as of now, you can purchase Eisner’s entire library.
Yep — in one of the more unconventional comics-world headlines lately, the Eisner estate has put his intellectual property portfolio up for sale. We’re talking everything: The Spirit, graphic novels, characters, concepts, trademarks — the whole creative vault.
It’s basically a once-in-a-generation situation where a single buyer (or consortium with deep pockets and deeper shelves) could become steward of one of the most influential bodies of comics storytelling ever produced.
People have been buzzing about what that might mean: new adaptations? expanded archival projects? Eisner’s characters folded into an existing publisher’s universe? Either way, it’s not often you see a legend’s entire creative output come onto the market at once.
Unless I partner with some very well-heeled colleagues, I think I’ll stick to the art. Like this great cover from Spirit #14 (1985).
Happy Will Eisner Week, 2026.
