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 →
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 →
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 →
ShareTweet+1SharePin0 SharesWhen comic book artist and former SVA faculty member Will Eisner died in 2005 at the age of 87, he left behind far more than a sizable body of cartooning work. Eisner’s lasting impact can be seen far and… Continue Reading →
ShareTweet+1SharePin0 SharesTemple B’nai Israel: At this week’s seder, I mentioned that there was a connection between Passover and Superman, expecting maybe someone to know what I was talking about. Instead, there were blank stares. That’s what happens, I suppose, when… Continue Reading →
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