For this week's blog I read a few of "The Spirit" comics by Will Eisner. I'm a huge superhero fan so these drew to me, but come my disappointment to find out that it isn't really a superhero comic. I guess a mask and gloves don't make someone a superhero. That was the fundamental rule to me as child, but either that doesn't make the spirit bad comic books. They are very good and my favorite part is Eisner's use of detail in very panel. He never just throws in a sun or cloud, well it's always raining so you don't see the sun much anyways. To my point though. Eisner uses detail for every character he draws too. There is never a group of characters that all have the same puzzled or sad face. Everyone is drawn a certain way for a certain purpose. I also thought it was really unique how every comic had a different design for the spirit font/title. You don't see that anymore. You would think it would get old after ten issues or something, yet every issue has it's own unique feel to it. Although a negative to that would be that it takes away the sense of community of a collection of spirit comics. When you own a lot go comics you know they are all the same by looking at that front page of all if them and seeing that same title design. Either way, Eisner's attention to detail and creativity definitely makes this an enjoyable read.
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