oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (06/13/84)
Yesterday, being a little off schedule, I picked up my latest comics from Geppies, and in my box I found a copy of the SPIRIT reprints. I am surprised that no one else has commented on them as of yet. I have found them to be a nice combination of humor and adventure. After seeing the way Eisner pre- sents Blacks and Eskimos, I wonder how he would present other ethnic groups? (this is a rhetorical pondering). Be that as it may, I suggest at least borrowing a friends copy of these books and giving them the "look see." I think you may be pleasantly surprised. Back from my travels, OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz
moriarty@uw-june (Jeff Meyer) (06/21/84)
I think the trick here is that I (and perhaps others) went through my Spirit
period some years ago. The symptoms of someone going through such a phase
are fairly explicit.... immense purchases of old Spirit strips, gluttonous
reading & re-reading, and the attempt to grab people in the vicinity and
say, "Why the hell aren't you reading this? It's the best thing in years!"
Which it is, of course... if you had to put someone in the labeled box of
"great masters" of comics art, Eisner'd be it. The thing is, I became such
a Spirit zealot that I found microfilm copies of the sunday newspapers it
was published in, and read them that way. So new reprinted Spirits don't
get examined by me much (I believe the last issue I bought was the Spirit
Jam, which was well worth twice what I paid for it).
Oh well, I'm just rattling around... as Oz points out, I think, if
you haven't read the Spirit, you're cheating yourself. Look into the old
Warren reprints, also.... much of the best stuff is there.
"Cheese it, cheddar-breath, you can't fight America's Action Hero, see?"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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