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

Tom wrote:
>On Apr 22, 1:10 pm, Will Dockery wrote:
> >On Apr 21, 1:03 pm, ~consul wrote:
> > and thus Howson inscribed ...
> > > "Warchild" wrote...
>
> > > >> Nothing like a Spirit story. =A0Will Eisner produced a color
comic.=
 =A0You
> > > > >> notice that the movie is no longer titled 'Will Eisner's The
Spir=
it' and
> > > > >> that the logo no longer is in the style of the classic logos.
>
> > > As I noted earlier, the ''classic'' Spirit logo is that there /was/
no=

> > > regular ''logo''... it changed with every story, and was a part of
the=

> > > story/opening scene.
>
> > > > > Funny that. I always forget that the Spirit was originally in
colo=
ur. Until
> > > > > the recent DC Archives, most of the reprints I'd seen were in
b&w =
- same
> > > > > goes for most of Eisner's other works. I actually prefer the b&w
S=
pirit but
> > > > > I guess it's not what Eisner intended. Maybe Frank Miller was
only=
 familiar
> > > > > with the Kitchen Sink and Warren series ? =A0(Ok, no excuse
really=
)
>
> > > > In Colour? Really? Huh. I've always seen it in B/W. I just thought
i=
t always was. I mean, I did recall seeing some colour versions, but I
though=
t they were reprints ore recoloured from the B/W.
>
> > > Well, the originals were a sort of /insert/ comic book type thing
that=

> > > Sunday newspapers carried, with the usual four color all comics used
> > > to use, most of the Warrens of the 1970s were b/w, then around 1984
> > > Kitchen Sink began a chronological reprint series using
eye-poppingly
> > > lush color... the cut to b/w again since not many of us were buying
> > > it, apparently.
>
> > > The main thing that'll be the most difficult to deal with is the
> > > endless appearances and personalisty/dialect of Ebony, which is just
> > > downright racist by todays standards.
>
> > > Maybe Miller will have him running around shouting, "I'm the Goddam
> > > Ebony, mo-fo...''
>
> > Considering Miller has gone all conservative since 9/11, I'd say
>
> Eisner pretty much nails this All-Star Spirit many are afraid Miller
> will produce -
>
> ''...The Criminal - an amusing page looking at the trend in fictional
> characters appearing in the media during those times (Dirty Harry, The
> Executioner, Marvel's The Punisher) whose methods of operation were
> more brutal than the innocent days when The Spirit was being published
> regularly.''
>
> http://www.spiritdatabase.net/crimecon/crimecon1.jpg
>
> > there's more than even odds Ebony will not be P.C.
>
> Here's how Eisner himself handled an the perception of Ebony in the
> modern era of 1973-
>
> http://www.spiritdatabase.net/crimecon/crimecon3.jpg
>
> Anyway, I've noticed a couple of people posting in this thread asking
> questions on just what the Spirit is, or should be... and the site
> these pages come from should be a good place it get up to speed on all
> that -
>
> http://www.spiritdatabase.net/index.shtml

I went back to have a look at these and see these pages can't be
linked to, but they can be found through the last link, above.

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