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By JIM SLOTEK — Sun Media
NEW YORK — Apart from Marvel’s Stan Lee, if there is a figure who represents the link between the comic books of old and the movies coming to a theatre near you, it’s Frank Miller.
The artist-writer, who gave us 300, Sin City and the Dark Knight incarnation of Batman, began his career in the colourfully ink-stained New York-based cauldron of comic-book art, mentored by the likes of Jim Shooter, Neal Adams — but most of all, the legendary and prolific Will Eisner.
Theirs was a strange, combative relationship — one in which Miller is finally getting the last word, three years after Eisner’s death, making his solo directorial debut with a stylized movie of Eisner’s signature noir hero from the ’40s, The Spirit. Wherever he is, the female-form-obsessed Eisner must appreciate the casting — Scarlett Johansson (Silken Floss), Eva Mendes (Sand Saref) and Jaime King (Lorelei), all playing various forms of femmes fatale tormenting our mordant hero (Gabriel Macht).
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January 11, 2010 at 5:22 am
Very interesting facts about comic books. Even today, the comic industry is very much alive. We hope that in future, there will be many talented artists who will be able to entertain us with their creations.