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"His graphic virtuosity remains unchallenged...His masterpiece [The Spirit] will continue to inform the artistic sensibilities of generations yet to come."
- Jim Steranko, The Steranko History Of Comics
"With The Sirit Eisner created a landmark in the evolution of the comic book"
- P.R. Garriock, Masters Of The Comic Book Art
"Will Eisner was an early master of the German expressionist approach in comic books. [His] word seemed more real than of other comic book men. [He] was a cartoonist other cartoonists swiped form."
- Jules Feiffer, The Great Comic Book Heroes
"The Spirit has to be a virtual encyclopaedia, if not bible, of how to do comics."
- Archie Goodwin, Manhunter, The Complete Saga
"The Spirit was almost too well done to be popular. It was a masterpiece. I wanted to be Will Eisner. Anyone who follows comics will tell you that The Spirit was...the finest ever of that art."
- painter/etcher Charles Bragg
"Will Eisner's Spirit is the only magazine I collect and the only one I've bought in the past ten years."
- comics writer Danny O'Neil
Opmerking inhoud
Bevat (hoofdstukken):
1 - Pag. 7: Introduction by Jules Feiffer
2 - Pag. 20: The forgotten ghetto: 1933-1936
3 - Pag. 32: The Spirit: 1936-1941
4 - Pag. 49: he war years:1942-1945
5 - Pag. 61: The Spirit and others: 1945-1952
6 - Pag. 99: Commercial art: 1951-1979
7 - Pag. 112: The Spirit: 1966-1981
8 - Pag. 129: The remembered ghetto: 1978-1989
