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DC Comics are reprinting all of the original weekly stories in chronological order in The Spirit Archives - this means a new generation of fans should be able to enjoy one of the most memorable American comic book series. One of the most useful resources is Cat Yronwode's The Spirit Checklist , an updated version of which can be downloaded from here. To see a list of all the pages on this site, please click here. To see the American mirror of this site, please click here. I now have a WebCalendar of releases and births & deaths related to The Spirit and other DC Archives. Updates 27 August 2006 - Added to the Bookshop pages: Further volumes of The Spirit Archives, books about Will Eisner, and the new John Law book. Announced at Comic-Con 2006 is the news that Frank Miller will write and direct the proposed Spirit movie 22 April 2006 - Added to the Bookshop pages: Further volumes of The Spirit Archives, further volumes of Plastic Man Archives and T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives available to order. 22 May 2005 - Yesterday saw the start of the Will Eisner: A Retrospective exhibition at MoCCA. 24 April 2005 - A lot of updates: a photo of Jerry Iger has been added to the creators page (thanks to Alan Light), a lot of new books by or about Will Eisner have been added, including: The Spirit Archives#16, A Spirited Life, Contract with God trilogy and The Plot. Links to articles on the proposed Spirit movie and Will Eisner have been added to the links page. 15 January 2005 - Some more obituaries and condolences added on the links page. Also, I have added some condolences and obituaries in other languages to the European & South American links page. 9 January 2005 - For the moment I have added a listing of obituaries and condolences to Will Eisner on the links page. Further information will be added, as well as updates to the biography page on Will Eisner on this site in the near future. Letters of condolences to Will's wife, Ann, can be sent to the Will Eisner Studios address shown below. 4 January 2005 - It has been announced that Will Eisner passed away on Monday 3rd January 2005, following complications from the heart surgery. Comic Book Resources has further details, as does Newsarama, Mark Evanier's News From ME, and Comicon's The Beat. As a longtime fan and reader of Mr Eisner's work may I extend my condolences to his friends and family. Will Eisner was a true pioneer of the medium. 25 December 2004 -Gary Chaloner has received the
following information from Denis Kitchen about Will Eisner: 11 December 2004 - Still not sure what to get the Eisner fan for Christmas? May I recommend the following:- Will Eisner Companion, now available from Amazon! Will Eisner's John Law is now available to order in signed hardcover, plus there are a lot of cool John Law items available to purchase. 4 November 2004 - Comic Book Resources has an interview with Michael Uslan about the proposed Spirit movie. 27 August 2004 - Comicon's The Pulse has more about The Spirit movie option with some quotes from Michael Uslan. 22 August 2004 - Comicon's The Pulse also has a report on the rights to The Spirit being optioned for a movie. 1 August 2004 - Variety reports that rights to The Spirit have been purchased to develop the character into a movie. 3 July 2004 - Will Eisner's next graphic novel The Plot is discussed in an interview with Will at the Washington Post. And Bob Andelman's site has further news about the new biography on Will Eisner he is writing. 19 June 2004 - A few days ago Comicon's The Pulse released a press statement from IDW Publishing in which it has been revealed that the John Law: Dead Man Walking tpb is going to be delayed due to health concerns with Gary Chaloner. My best regards to Gary for a speedy recovery. 15 June 2004 - Comic Book Resources have the DC Comics solicitations for September, which includes an advance (due in October) solicitation for a new book on Will Eisner: The Will Eisner Companion.. 9 June 2004 - Newsarama have some previews from the Eisner/Miller book 30 May 2004 - Added to the Bookshop pages: French language versions of The Spirit Archives, Plastic Man Archives #6 available to pre-order, and The Spirit Archives #15 available to pre-order. 17 May 2004 - Comics Continuum has the latest DC solicitations for August, The Spirit Archives #14 is confirmed for an August 4th release. 3 May 2004 - A new page has been added about The Spirit Coloring Book from 1974. Plus The Spirit Archives #14 is now available to pre-order from the bookshop. 24 April 2004 - The nominations for the 2004 Harvey Awards are out, The Spirit Archives series is nominated in the Best Domestic Reprint category. 18 April 2004 - Some new links added. Plus updates on Will Eisner graphic novels, and Books about comics, or other comic strips and Will Eisner & Spirit collectables on the bookshop pages. 8 April 2004 - The 2004 Eisner Award Nominees have been announced - among them are The Spirit Archives Volume 12 for Best Archival Collection/Project, and Jules Feiffer and Lou Fine are nominations for the Hall of Fame. ComicBookResources has the full list of nominations. 6 April 2004 - Some more news about the John Law: Dead Man Walking GN at ComicBookResources. 4 April 2004 - First off some news on a new Eisner related trade paperback available to pre-order from Diamond - Will Eisner's John Law: Dead Man Walking GN. An excellent collection of stories with great art from Will and Gary Chaloner. There's also a press release for it at ComicBookResources. On this site the links pages have had a few more Will Eisner and Golden Age pages added, plus the bookshop pages for The Spirit Archives and other related comic books has been updated. 6 March 2004 - Happy Birthday Will Eisner! 25 January 2004 - Some new links added, plus some new Will Eisner related books, and The Spirit Archives #13 have been added to the bookshop pages. |
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