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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Eisner The Spirit by Frank Miller
Lionsgate and Frank Miller debuted Eisner's "The Spirit" trailer at NYCC this past weekend. What was shown was closer to "Sin City" than Eisner's pulp masked adventurer stories, but I loved it nonetheless.
Will Eisner and Frank Miller both have a passion for cartooning, the City, and women. As Eisner matured as an artist, he began to explore more sophisticated concepts like City life and comic narrative. Miller's maturing process was short-lived. After doing seminal works like "Dark Knight Returns" and "Daredevil: Born Again", Miller said, "to hell with it" and commited to elevating the sex and violence of American comics flirted with to sophisticated levels of style. His evolution was polarizing. Ironically it was his embracement of these more juvenile trappings that brought him success in Hollywood.
The teaser hints that what Miller's developed for Eisner's "The Spirit" is a nice mix of the purest elements of modern Miller and early Eisner. Too bad we're going to have to wait until 2009 to see the final product.
Here's the teaser (in HD, so please be patient!):
Comments
ZEES
Sunday, April 27, 2008
I just hope its not like a Spirit stunt spectacular show, like something you see at 6 flags.
Muttpop Bob
Friday, April 25, 2008
PoonDockTaint:
There's definitely a lot of Eisner in there. Also tons of Sin City. Visually it's a bit of a liberal interpretation of the character. But I think it's the right choice if they are looking to reach as many people as possible. A more traditional Spirit look would look a bit too dated for average "joe blow".
I just wish they would have chosen a better design for the logo. Yuk!
-MPB
PoonDockTaint
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Man, the type in this poster looks 100% Eisner. I always loved how he'd use real sculptural typography as a design element, then have his characters interact with it. Its kind of weird how 'Sin City' this looks. I'd have imagined The Spirit looking more like 'The Good German.'