New book looks at Will Eisner's PS Magazine work

For 21 years following his Spirit comic strip and before launching a new career as a pioneering "graphic novelist" cartoonist Will Eisner worked on PS Magazine, a U.S. Army publication focused on preventive maintenance of military equipment. Sounds dull, right? But not with Eisner involved. The result was an innovative comic-strip-oriented, graphically interesting approach to conveying information to readers--in this case, Army personnel.

It's fascinating stuff. And we civilians get a chance to take a look and learn more about this aspect of Eisner's life in a new book penned by his editor on that project, Paul E. Fitzgerald.

So far, Fitzgerald's lavishly illustrated book is only available in an autographed limited edition here, yet it looks as if a paperback edition is eventually planned. It looks great.