Will Eisner's Quarterly #2 (1984) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	A Life Force	cover	1	pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Will Eisner
1	A Life Force the Story Thus Far...	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Dave Schreiner
2	Shabbasgoy (Chapter 4)	comic story	11	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will Eisner	Elton Shaftsbury II (Intro); Rebecca Shtarkah (Intro); Rifkah
3	The Black Hand (Chapter 5)	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will Eisner	Moustache Pete (Intro); Angelo Fiore (Intro); Jacob
4	The Enchanted Prince (Chapter 6)	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will Eisner	Aaron (Intro); Shaftsbury (Intro); Rebecca (Intro)
5	Eldas Thayer	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Sam Rosen
6	The Bunny van Hoff Kidnapping	comic story	4	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Chuck Mazoujian; inks: Chuck Mazoujian	Lady Luck
7	King Bahroud	comic story	5	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell	Mr Mystic; Elena
8	Will Eisner & Gill Fox discuss Lou Fine	text article	15	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine
9	Gill Fox	illustration	1	script: Dave Schreiner; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox
10	Letters	letters page	1	script: Denis Kitchen

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
A Life Force #[nn] ISBN 0-87816-039-6	1988	On eBay ›
Will Eisner's Shop Talk #[nn] ISBN 1-56971-536-X	2001	On eBay ›

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