Re: The Spirit --Eisner's charcters for modern times

On Apr 27, 9:08=A0pm, "mh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <mh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 22, 4:03 pm, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > Here's how Eisner himself handled an the perception of Ebony in the
> > modern era of 1973-
>
> >http://www.spiritdatabase.net/crimecon/crimecon3.jpg
>
> When I clicked on this one, I got an error message:
>
> This image is hosted at
> WesTumulka.com
> We do not support remote image linking.

I noticed that a couple of days ago when I went back to look at these
pages... this one and the other 1973 pages by Eisner can be accessed
from

http://www.spiritdatabase.net/crimecon.shtml

''...Although The Spirit had reappeared in 1966 and 1967 with a 2
issue series from Harvey, it would not be until 1973 that any further
new stories would appear - this time from a underground comix
publisher. This marked the association with Kitchen Sink that would
eventually continue with Spirit sections being reprinted for over
fifteen years.

Maurice Horn wrote the introduction to what has become known as the
Underground Spirit #1. Describing The Spirit as a 'modern-dress Don
Quixote', the issue reprinted several classic 1946 tales.

The format of the comic left four pages - these were filled with new
single page stories by Eisner, which can be viewed from below:

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.

Spirit Interview - no doubt due to the fact that there was only page
to work on, this page contains a brief interview with The Spirit about
crime.

Ebony Interview - much better than the previous Spirit Interview, this
poses the question of why did Ebony stay with The Spirit for so long.

The Last Straw - what happens when the National Law & Order Committee
faces a new proposal?

Unfortunately, the Underground Spirit would only last for a second
issue, but that issue featured a four page story featuring P'Gell
called The Capistrano Jewels, which was originally based on a story to
be published after the Outer Space series in 1952. The Capistrano
Jewels was reprinted in KSP's last Spirit release, All About P'Gell:
The Spirit Casebook Volume Two.''

Anyway, I think Miller understands Eisner pretty well, and look
forward to see how he, or if he, can make it work on film.

--
"God's Toybox" by Dockery and Beck
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