One of the enduring examples of the graphic novel as a form is Will Eisner's A Contract With God, a collection of short stories that is often called the first graphic novel. It isn't that, but it is a wonderful book, and a great example of why Eisner is considered a master of comic book…
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Update: Watch The Spirit Teaser Trailer Here. Lionsgate just released the new one-sheet for Frank Miller's The Spirit featuring the film's signature catchphrase, "My City Screams," spelled out in noir-ish sooted city brick. Really well executed, don't cha think, and this is merely the early lead-up to the movie's January 2009 release. I'm sure the…
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If you don't have your contacts in, let me type you out the taglines from these three new posters for Frank Miller's Will Eisner's The Spirit. "My City Screams. She Is My Lover. And I Am Her Spirit." I'd post the high-res versions but Superhero Hype said they'd put my little hands in a blender!…
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Lionsgate has officially launched the official website for the adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit. The website promises to have one-the-set production diaries and a production blog, but for right now there is a video introduction from director Frank Miller. The crew sets up for a green screen shot in the background as Miller talks…
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Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to star as a mysterious super-villain named The Octopus in Frank Miller's big screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit. The story will focus an ambitious young cop named Denny Colt, who is murdered in the line of duty and is mysteriously reborn as the masked man known as…
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