Will Eisner: A Spirited Life by Bob Andelman

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Happy 110th B-Day, "Busy" Arnold from Providence! (Examiner.com)

ShareTweet+1SharePin0 SharesBy Sam Gafford Today, May 20th, is the 110th birthday of Everett “Busy” Arnold, one of the prime movers of the Golden Age of comics! And he was born in Providence, RI, to boot! Growing up in Rhode Island,… Continue Reading →

Alex Robinson’s Gotham (Cameo by Will Eisner)

ShareTweet+1SharePin0 SharesArtist Alex Robinson did this cool panel for the March 9, 2009 issue of New York magazine (pg. 89). The second image in the top row recalls te artist’s time as a Will Eisner student at the School of… Continue Reading →

Lessons from bad movies – "The Spirit" (The Bitter Script Reader)

ShareTweet+1SharePin0 SharesThis weekend I Netflixed a film I knew better than to spend $12 on when it was in wide release – Frank Miller’s The Spirit. I’d seen the presentation for this film at last year’s Comic Con, where one… Continue Reading →

Bat-Men Previews (PeterDavid.net)

ShareTweet+1SharePin0 SharesOddly, the overall look of the character design and styling remind me of someone who never, to my knowledge, drew Batman–namely Will Eisner. In fact, if there were ever going to be an animated version of “The Spirit,” the… Continue Reading →

The Spirit Movie (The Onion, A.V. Club)

ShareTweet+1SharePin0 Shares by Tasha Robinson April 28, 2009 Crimes: • Turning Will Eisner’s iconic series about a heroic Boy Scout type into an overwrought, sexed-up noir version of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight books • Echoing the all-green-screen, high-contrast, slo-mo-then-sped-up look… Continue Reading →

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