The Dreamer

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

Softcover, 54 pages, B&W, 1986. 

An extraordinary autobiography story from a legend in American comics.

A roman à clef about Eisner's early years in the thriving comics industry prior to World War II—featuring new annotations that reveal comics pioneers such as Bob Kane and Jack Kirby who appear under pseudonyms.