“Eisner wrote in seven-page segments, usually with a witty or dramatic punchline. He didn’t know from Batman or Superman. His idea of a hero has more to do with Zorro or the Shadow.”

Frank Miller, director of the new film, Will Eisner’s The Spirit, quoted in a July 11, 2008, Variety story, “Comic-Con summons industry ‘Spirit’: ‘Twilight’ and Frank Miller big lures at event,” by Anne Thompson.