Important in the history of comic strips; I wish I had enjoyed it more. The stories did not seem as clever or profound to me as they might have if I were a teenager reading them when they were originally published. Still, some of them were creepy. ( )

Excellent book with the best stories and illustration of the Spirit ( )

http://www.piruett.se/2008/05/18/en-i... ( )

A collection of Eisner's spirit stories; even then one could tell he was not doing just your regular super-hero stuff. Indeed, the spirit does not have any superpowers, but that doesn't mean the supernatural doesn't play a role in some of the stories. The atmosphere often foreshadows his later New York books with his precise eye for details. ( )

An excellent sampler of Eisner's work on The Spirit, including an introduction by Gaiman, and the origin of The Spirit. The best parts, perhaps are the title pages, where the title is worked cleverly into the artwork each time. Pretty impressive stuff. The Spirit also has the same problem as those dependent women that always go for the bad boy, except his are girls. Satin, Sand, and other devious wenches.

http://graphicsf.blogspot.com/2006/11... ( )