VISITOR is the Quintessential “SPIRIT” Story
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
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 Educator
The Spirit may be his defining work, and The Contract With God Trilogy may be his crowning achievement, but the work of Will Eisner that may have the...
Eisner Week: Learning from Life on Dropsie Avenue
The third chapter in the A Contract With God Trilogy, Will Eisner’ Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood lacks the personal touch seen in the saga’s...
Eisner Week: The Pre-War SPIRIT
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...
Eisner Week Kicks Off – Read a Graphic Novel!
March is officially here, which means we're now in the week of Will Eisner's birth. In what has become an annual tradition, this marks the...
Friday Favorites: The Spirit (2008)
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...
‘Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel’ is a Great Tribute to the Master Cartoonist
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”
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...
Interview: Allen Milgrom Called Will Eisner! Pt. 3
Concluding part three of Bryan Stroud's wonderful interview with Allen Milgrom! Read Part One here Read Part Two here Bryan Stroud for...
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Review: ‘Last Day in Vietnam: A Memory’ is a Subtle, Readable, Work of Genius
It should come as no real shock that a comic by Will Eisner is a work of genius. This is, after all, not just the guy who set the bar high...
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Spirit Archives vol. 24
Sometimes as a reviewer you take on reviews of books that are incredibly hard to rate.This book reprints the final ten months of "Spirit" stories...
Coming to Terms with The Plot: Will Eisner’s final, fatally flawed graphic novel
It's a shame when a legend lets you down. No matter who they are, the legend’s missteps often hurt more than when a creator with mediocre talent...