Baskind 2008, hlm. 23"Eisner was born in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of Brooklyn on March 6, 1917, to Jewish immigrant. Growing up in a culture where children were expected to support the family, (...)" Baskind, Samantha; Omer-Sherman, Ranen, ed. (2008). The Jewish graphic novel : critical approaches (dalam bahasa Inggris). New Brunswick, New Jersey. ISBN978-0-8135-4367-3. OCLC190843412.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
Eisner 2012, hlm. 121"Most people who came upon comics in 1936 simply saw it as an amorphic entertainment medium. (...) The thing that struck me, however, was that comic was the answer to what I personally looking for: medium which combined the elements which accomodated the talents I believe I had. (...) The hope of landing a daily newspaper strip was remote" Eisner, Will (2012). Inge, M. Thomas, ed. Will Eisner : conversations (dalam bahasa Inggris). Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN978-1-61703-127-4. OCLC756282442.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
Baskind 2008, hlm. 24"In the early fall of 1939, Eisner was asked by Busy Arnold, the owner of Quality Comics Group, (...). After some negotiations over terms of copyright, Eisner agreed to the project, and to leave his own company and open a studio in New York's Tudor City in January 1940." Baskind, Samantha; Omer-Sherman, Ranen, ed. (2008). The Jewish graphic novel : critical approaches (dalam bahasa Inggris). New Brunswick, New Jersey. ISBN978-0-8135-4367-3. OCLC190843412.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
Duncan & Smith, hlm. 145"An over-the -hill diva, whose stage name was Martha Maria, plies the handsome young singer with food and sex. (...) Marta Maria gives Eddiee, the street singer, money to buy a new suit, (...)." Duncan, Randy; Smith, Matthew J. (2013). Icons of the American comic book : from Captain America to Wonder Woman (dalam bahasa Inggris). Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood. ISBN0-313-39924-7. OCLC829387631.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
Booker 2010, hlm. 116"Eisner's goal was to publish a literary work in the comic book format, (...), but to the adult population who grew up reading superheroes tales and now needed more mature themes and stories." Booker, M. Keith. (2010). Encyclopedia of comic books and graphic novels (dalam bahasa Inggris). Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press. ISBN978-0-313-35747-3. OCLC705929520.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
Duncan & Smith, hlm. 149"Eisner used rigid panel borders sparingly and only for particular effect, set narration free from caption boxes and made it an organic part of the page, and the book was printed in sepia tones rather than color or black and white." Duncan, Randy; Smith, Matthew J. (2013). Icons of the American comic book : from Captain America to Wonder Woman (dalam bahasa Inggris). Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood. ISBN0-313-39924-7. OCLC829387631.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)