VISITOR is the Quintessential “SPIRIT” Story Daniel Gehen March 26, 2021 Classic Comics Few creations have had the impact on the comics medium that Will Eisner’s The Spirit has. Straddling the line between comic strip and comic book by...
Eisner Week: The Modern Spirit Daniel Gehen March 7, 2019 Columns Will Eisner’s last The Spirit story was written in 1952, but that doesn’t mean it was the last we’d see of the character. Throughout the 1960s...
Eisner Week: The Pre-War SPIRIT Daniel Gehen March 4, 2019 Columns Will Eisner's The Spirit was, at its peak, circulated in about 20 newspapers nationwide as the feature in a 16-page insert. It was the newspaper...
Friday Favorites: The Spirit (2008) Daniel Gehen January 25, 2019 Columns, Friday Favorites Yes, we're going to talk about that movie. So buckle up! The expression goes, “ignorance is bliss,” and that likely is the case for those...
Friday Favorites: Intercompany Crossovers Daniel Gehen January 18, 2019 Columns, Dark Horse, DC Comics, Dynamite, Friday Favorites, IDW, Marvel Comics, Top Cow I love a good intercompany crossover. The chance to see characters interact that, under normal conditions, would never cross paths always gives me...
‘Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel’ is a Great Tribute to the Master Cartoonist Jason Sacks May 23, 2017 Books, Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Will Eisner kept me reading comic books. Okay, it’s not quite that simple. But if it wasn’t for Eisner’s strong influence, I might have...
Classic Interview: Don Perlin – “I Lucked Out” Bryan Stroud August 28, 2015 Classic Interviews, Interviews We have a great interview with the wonderful Don Perlin, who is about to turn 86! From Bryan's 2010 interview. Bryan Stroud for Comics...
Top 10 Worst Comics to Film Adaptations Alex Rodrik, Charles Webb, Chris Kiser, Danny Djeljosevic, Diana Dougherty, Jason Sacks, Karyn Pinter, Maxwell Yezpitelok, Michael Deeley, Ray Tate, Robert Tacopina, Shawn Hill April 15, 2010 Columns, Top 10 In honor of the release this weekend of Kick Ass and next week of The Losers, this seemed to be a perfect time for CB's ace reviewers to get...