Will Eisner
Will Eisner
William Erwin "Will" Eisnerwas an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spiritwas noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art. The Eisner Award was named in his honor,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth6 March 1917
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Of course, economic downturns are never good news, but historically, our company has always emerged from them stronger than ever, ... With this in mind, we remain confident in meeting or exceeding our fiscal goals for this year and about the long-term prospects for The Walt Disney Company.
My assumption is that I would not continue on the board, or as chairman. I have a full business life ahead of me,
The trend seems to be going in the right direction, ... We're feeling better, the economy seems to be moving in the right direction.
I've been doing this a long time and you spend a lot of time trying to do what's right and concentrate on the bottom line, concentrate on creative excellence, and sometimes you have disagreements with people,
These assets are completely complementary to our existing holdings, and they all go to Disney's
These assets are a perfect fit for our company, ... We paid appropriately for a rare asset.
Sandy has been my key adviser over the past five years and has been invaluable in providing me guidance and counsel, ... Going forward he will continue to work with me to monitor and stimulate Disney's performance.
Our theme parks and resorts division continued to lead the company forward during the second quarter.
enthroned himself as the omnipotent and infallible monarch of his personal Magic Kingdom.
I wanted Bob to get on with it and start running the company as soon as possible. I'm glad the unnecessary distractions are over.
Thanks to his deep understanding of the company and its founders, talking to Card was the next-best thing to talking to Walt himself.
Although the Disney franchise has a demonstrated ability to drive long-term growth, we are definitely not satisfied with our long-term performance, ... As a result, we are taking a number of steps, including an across-the-board assessment of our cost structure, to address the situation.
As far as the essential part of our business we're doing great,
I would hope that whatever they end up doing with Microsoft doesn't leave them in a way that they can't continue being that way, ... Have they done some things wrong? Has their behavior been a little aggressive? I guess it has and I guess there should be some retribution for that, but I wouldn't want to bring the whole company down on its knees.