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This year's Harvey Award nominations have been released and two Spirit projects have made the list. Darwyn Cooke's new The Spirit series has been nominated for Best New Series and Best Continued or Limited Series and Jamison Services has been nominated for Best Colorist for Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives, Vol. 19 (all published by DC Comics).
Visit the Harvey Awards official web site for the full list of categories and nominees!
Greg Burgas writes on his 'Comics Should Be Good!' blog about the first five issues of Darwyn Cooke's version of The Spirit. In his critique, he compares Eisner's Spirit to the new, modern version. The readers comments under the post are worth reading as well.
Read the full blog entry here... and post a comment!
“We’re just happy to know The Spirit is being well received and that people are entertained by it,” Cooke said. “I guess (these awards are) an indication that we’re doing all right.”
The Canadian creator won Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Cartoonist for The Spirit as well as Outstanding Writer for Superman Confidential.
Read more about the Canadian-based Awards and the other winners at Jonathan P. Kuehlein's blog.
The European Jewish Press is reporting that last month, the Transatlantic Institute, a Brussels-based think-tank fostering ties among the EU, Israel and the US, sent copies of “The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion” written by American Will Eisner in a comic-book form, to the 785 members of the European Parliament and their staff [...] the EU body is not going to distribute the package “due to the nature of its content”.
Read the full article here.
Darwyn Cooke – the visionary creator of the acclaimed DC: THE NEW FRONTIER — turns his attention to the classic Will Eisner creation The Spirit in this amazing hardcover collecting the first six issues of the new series from DC Comics plus the BATMAN/THE SPIRIT special! In these thrilling tales. Cooke maintains the "spirit" of Eisner's creation but brings his own original sensibilities to the character. The Spirit, a.k.a. Denny Colt, Commissioner Dolan, and his Daughter Ellen are reintroduced in this go-for-broke, shoot-the-lights-out collection of crime stories filled with action, adventure, humor and sexy girls!
DC Universe | 192pg. | Color | Hardcover | $24.99 US | ISBN 1401214614
On Sale October 24, 2007
Written by Darwyn Cooke; Art by Cooke and J. Bone; Cover by Cooke
The Spirit becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder case that is at the center of a swirling media feeding frenzy. To make matters worse, the victims are the TV personalities who usually fan the flames of discord! But all is not as it seems…
On Sale September 19, 2007
Comic Geek Speak's Book of the Month for March 2007 was The Best of The Spirit. Will's friend, publisher and agent Denis Kitchen lends up his expertise on Eisner, the history of comics and helps us understand why Will is so important. The panel also discuss DC's single volume, The Best of the Spirit.
Listen to the podcast here!