Life on Another Planet

By Will Eisner. Published by W. W. Norton. 

Softcover, 144 pages, B&W, 2009 (originally published 1978-1980)

This powerful graphic novel confirms Will Eisner as a master of the genre.

In this graphic novel, Will Eisner’s pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. Life on Another Planet places American life within a broader perspective, chronicling the lives of scientists, politicians, spies, and nobodies as they come to terms with the discovery of extraterrestrial life: in reaching out to other galaxies, Eisner’s characters ultimately find themselves focusing within.