Sunday Trade: The Spirit
Dec. 13th, 2009 05:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Will Eisner's The Spirit vol. 1, story and art by Darwyn Cook, inks and finishes by J.Bone, colors by Dave Stewart and letters by Jared K. Fletcher
Will Eisner's Spirit comic strips are one of the oldest and longest running of costumed vigilantes. So DC's decision to relaunch the character by the legendary creator had some controversy to it. But Cooke manages to capture Eisner's mix of goofy fun and pulp noir quite well. Along with the Spirit's signature dames like journalist Ginger Coffee, police commisioner's daughter Ellen Dollan, international black widow P'gell and more...
The first volume concludes with a Batman/Spirit one-shot that was co-written by Cooke and Jeph Loeb. Which is, shocking given Loeb's recent work, really very good. They're Batman feels like a mix of the Dini animated Batman and the classic Silver Age version. So the two and their respective rogues mesh well together...
