Re: The Spirit teaser--It's not on its way, it's here.

In article <37vm04te03sf2odrdjtf63v9qb4tqlac1o@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Bob Hughes <BOBHUGHES@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:40:22 -0400, George Peatty
> <peattyg47-1230@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:40:22 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
> ><kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >>For those who haven't had the pleasure of reading the source, might
you 
> >>expand? What key element(s) would be needed and either omitted from or

> >>downplayed in the trailer? What or who is The Spirit? How might you 
> >>compare--or contrast--him to other superheroes?
> >
> >The Spirit is something of a modern day Lone Ranger.  Once he was a cop
> >named Denny Colt, but Colt was killed in the line of duty, or so
everyone
> >thought.  Somehow, and I'm a little vague on specifics, except to note
he
> >did not have a faithful Indian companion, Colt survived.  But, he
decided to
> >remain dead.  He works on the side of the law, but outside it, to bring
> >evildoers to justice.  With one notable exception, the Octopus, most of
the
> >Spirit's evildoers are female and hot.  P'Gell is probably the best
known,
> >but there were also Silk Satin, Sand Serif, Plaster of Paris, and
others.  
> >
> >What makes the Spirit unique cannot be captured in a movie.  It is a
mood,
> >and an artistic style.  The only way to do him complete justice is to
trace
> >Eisner's drawings, then animate them.  And, I'm not even sure that
would
> >work ..
> 
> Lots of people who weren't Eisner did the Spirit.  Half the time, what
> you think is Eisner is really Jules Feiffer or Klaus Nordling.  Or
> Dave Berg.  Or Wally Wood, Or Jack Cole.  Or Lou Fine. Jerry
> Grandenetti, Al Wenzel, Bob Powell, Chuck Cuidera.   Eisner was the
> ringmaster who kept the whole performance together.  But the
> performance went on with out him.

And what did they all have in common? Keeping to the house style.

Try telling that to Frank Miller

> 
> Bob Hughes
> 
> "I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder." Lawrence Ferlinghetti