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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 9, 2018 0:57:24 GMT -5
As mikelmidnight said, Eisner was a huge influence on Steranko. Nick Fury #1 has an opening sequence that is an homage to the Spirit, right down to the story title graphics... Ditko took the design for Dr Strange's Sanctorum window from Eisner's Spirit. A ton of guys drew inspiration from Eisner or learned directly from the man. He was also a big influence on a lot of the Underground folks, as was Harvey Kurtzman. Look at Comic book Confidential (the documentary) and you will see Eisner, Kirby, and Kurtzman featured right there with the Underground and indie artists. Those were the people they emulated.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Jan 9, 2018 13:04:44 GMT -5
Silk Satin is my all time favorite of Eisner's femme fatales, and has the most interesting character arc. She doesn't have the name value of the more over-the-top P'Gell, but I'd buy a 'Complete Silk Satin' in an instant.
Regarding the 1941 story I have no idea, but remember the pre-War Eisner was less life-experienced and also less serious about his work than the post-War Eisner, so it's probably something he meant to be a comedic misunderstanding and never gave much thought to the details.
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Post by electricmastro on Nov 2, 2019 18:19:39 GMT -5
Also worth noting is the first appearance of Archie O'Toole from Feature Funnies #10, which Eisner wrote under the pen name of "Bud Thomas," as it features what I think is the earliest instance of concentration camps being mentioned in an American comic book (July 1938, Quality Comics).
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Post by electricmastro on Mar 25, 2020 17:44:46 GMT -5
Cool page from Police Comics #13 (November 1942, Quality Comics):
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Post by berkley on Mar 28, 2020 0:22:32 GMT -5
Interesting, very different feel to the post-WWII Spirit comics I've been reading the last couple years. More action-oriented, less atmospheric. Not that there isn't lots of action in the later comics too, of course. Perhaps I'm jumping too fast to conclusions from just this single page.
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Post by electricmastro on Mar 28, 2020 20:26:12 GMT -5
Interesting, very different feel to the post-WWII Spirit comics I've been reading the last couple years. More action-oriented, less atmospheric. Not that there isn't lots of action in the later comics too, of course. Perhaps I'm jumping too fast to conclusions from just this single page. Eisner, as well as other artists at Quality, definitely knew how to make each panel feel dramatic or eventful without making the pages too cluttered, as if the characters are leaping off of the pages: Police Comics #15 (January, 1943): Police Comics #21 (August, 1943): Police Comics #22 (September, 1943):
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 13, 2023 7:38:01 GMT -5
Posting this here because there doesn't seem to be a general Will Eisner appreciation thread, and this one, after all, only has "(and his influence)" in parentheses. Anyway, recently I was flipping through this book I have, PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly (2011)... ...and stumbled onto this little feature from 1963, which is rather entertaining because Eisner included all of these homages to comic book and newspaper strip characters: There's also a centerpiece for the story: This book is worth picking up if you like Eisner's work and you can find a reasonably-priced copy like I did. It's not something you would probably enjoy reading from cover to cover (while the individual comics are entertaining enough for for they are, I'm not *that* interested in equipment maintenance tips), rather it's more like an art book that you can occasionally pick up and admire for gems like this:
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Post by mikelmidnight on Oct 16, 2023 11:28:54 GMT -5
Posting this here because there doesn't seem to be a general Will Eisner appreciation thread, and this one, after all, only has "(and his influence)" in parentheses. Anyway, recently I was flipping through this book I have, PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly (2011)... ..and stumbled onto this little feature from 1963, which is rather entertaining because Eisner included all of these homages to comic book and newspaper strip characters: Thanks for posting this! I'd never seen it before and it was a real treat! A shame he didn't find room for the Spirit or Lady Luck, though!
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 16, 2023 22:18:41 GMT -5
Posting this here because there doesn't seem to be a general Will Eisner appreciation thread, and this one, after all, only has "(and his influence)" in parentheses. Anyway, recently I was flipping through this book I have, PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly (2011)... ..and stumbled onto this little feature from 1963, which is rather entertaining because Eisner included all of these homages to comic book and newspaper strip characters: Thanks for posting this! I'd never seen it before and it was a real treat! A shame he didn't find room for the Spirit or Lady Luck, though! There is a Spirit strip that revolves around the murder of a newspaper cartoonist, filled with caricatures of different creators, in the style of their comic strips... Chester Gould.... Harold Gray...... Al Capp....
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 16, 2023 23:42:14 GMT -5
Posting this here because there doesn't seem to be a general Will Eisner appreciation thread, and this one, after all, only has "(and his influence)" in parentheses. Anyway, recently I was flipping through this book I have, PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly (2011)... ...and stumbled onto this little feature from 1963, which is rather entertaining because Eisner included all of these homages to comic book and newspaper strip characters: There's also a centerpiece for the story: This book is worth picking up if you like Eisner's work and you can find a reasonably-priced copy like I did. It's not something you would probably enjoy reading from cover to cover (while the individual comics are entertaining enough for for they are, I'm not *that* interested in equipment maintenance tips), rather it's more like an art book that you can occasionally pick up and admire for gems like this:
This is a great book for Eisner completists. My copy is dog-eared and well-worn.
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