~The Spirit ~ Week 5

For this week we were ask to read some of the Spirit by Will Eisner.  Like most of the reading in this class I have not read Spirit before.  My overall impression from just looking over the cover of this one issue, which is the Spring issue number eight of the Spirit series. I feel that it is about a crime fighter of some kind or he is some sort of hero because he wears a mask and he has a little henchman. It looks like it’s going to be a fun read.

As I read through this issue I really enjoy how Will Eisner drew his gestures for his characters in the comic.  You can really understand what the person is doing. Also the uses of dramatic poses are very interesting and fun to look at. It shows what each character is doing clearly. The characters also have very unique gestures also. I really enjoy how Will Eisner drew this comic strip. How he draws this comic is my favorite part of the whole strip.

The timing for each frame to frame and how it’s all laid out is really amazingly done. It flows seamlessly from one page to another page. I may be wrong but I think that people who are doing comics now have looked or have seen some of Will Eisner’s work because this is pretty much the set up to how comics are today.

I found this comic really funny and really interesting. One reason is the main character is in a bright blue suit with a mask on all the time. I think it’s interesting how he played with the use of color and clothing to help you find the hero and each image. The reason why I think it is funny because no one would have a bright blue suit and wear a mask and fight crime. Another was Will Eisner really played with the Point of view with in each frame of the comic. With this I find that it gives you a better read because you feel like you are more submerged into the comic.