D.C. MOVIE GUYS

It does not take a comic book fan to recognize Bob Kane as the creator of Batman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as the brains behind Superman or Stan Lee as the spinner of Spider-Man’s first tales. The name Will Eisner has been lost in the archives of common knowledge despite the indelible mark he left on the comic book industry and the fact that he contributed more to the art form than any other comic writer or artist. Will Eisner is commonly accepted by comic fans and creators as the father of the graphic novel and a master of sequential art (a term Eisner invented for telling stories with static images on a page). In 1940, Eisner began publishing the adventures of a masked crime fighter called The Spirit. The stories of The Spirit contained mixed elements of noir, humor and romance and the original comics are still in print today as well as new adventures by some of the current industry’s best writers and artists. Just like Batman, Superman and Spider-Man before him, “The Spirit” is now fighting crime on the big screen. Sadly, Will Eisner’s creative spirit did not follow him there. (continue reading…)