Will Eisner's The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion received ample exposure in the prestigious 'Week in Review' Sunday editorial section of The New York Times for April 17th. The Times devoted a half-page to the story, which included two full-size reproductions of pages from Eisner's final graphic novel as well as a short, incisive article by Peter Edidin. 

Because of its highly relevant political subject matter (and Eisner's standing as one of the key graphic artists of our time), The Plot is likely to receive a symphony of press coverage of which the Times article is but the overture.

The Plot is the story of the forgery of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which was, as Edidin points out, 'created for the Russian secret police by a professional propagandist who plagiarized a French satire about Napoleon III.' It became one of the pillars of hate literature, influencing Hitler's Mein Kampf, the Ku Klux Klan as well as contemporary anti-Jewish groups in the Middle East. 

Eisner's widow Ann told the Times that her husband hoped that his book '...would reach people scholarly works could not....[He] wanted  ordinary people to be able to understand that the Protocols are a forgery.'

W.W. Norton is publishing The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion ($19.95), which will be released on May 16th.  This summer is an excellent time to promote the works of Will Eisner.  In addition to the release of The Plot in May, DC is publishing The Spirit Archives Vol. 16  ($49.95) the same month and Dark Horse will release Bob Andelman's Will Eisner: A Spirited Life ($14.95) at the San Diego Comic Con.