Langsta
Well-Known Member
I looked around for a thread on this, but couldn't find one (I went to the search engine, I looked through the General DC Comics section, I went to the General Comics section....).
Anyways, I know this comic is almost two years old, and the first volume has been released as a TPB, but I've only just now become interested in it, with the upcoming movie and all that. I like Darwyn Cooke's artwork, I liked DC: New Frontier, but I haven't read any of the old Spirit comics, I've only read about them. Has anybody read Cooke's series? Is it any good? I heard that he set it in modern times, which is odd since the comic he did right before it - New Frontier - was an homage set in the exact time periods in which each character first appeared. Cooke's artwork for The Spirit looks great, and I was interested to hear that the Octopus is working with Saddam Hussein and is the leader of an international terrorist organization called "the Octagon." Again, I haven't read the old comics, but I thought the Spirit usually only fights in his own city? And now I'm hearing that in Cooke's book he helps bring down Saddam Hussein? It sounds like there are lots of changes from Will Eisner's version....I can see why Cooke would want to get rid of the obvious stereotype-features that Ebony White has, but how much of the change from Eisner's book to this book was unnecessary?
Is the book any good, and should I pick it up (I'm not planning on reading any reprints of the original Spirit comic, if there are any)?
Anyways, I know this comic is almost two years old, and the first volume has been released as a TPB, but I've only just now become interested in it, with the upcoming movie and all that. I like Darwyn Cooke's artwork, I liked DC: New Frontier, but I haven't read any of the old Spirit comics, I've only read about them. Has anybody read Cooke's series? Is it any good? I heard that he set it in modern times, which is odd since the comic he did right before it - New Frontier - was an homage set in the exact time periods in which each character first appeared. Cooke's artwork for The Spirit looks great, and I was interested to hear that the Octopus is working with Saddam Hussein and is the leader of an international terrorist organization called "the Octagon." Again, I haven't read the old comics, but I thought the Spirit usually only fights in his own city? And now I'm hearing that in Cooke's book he helps bring down Saddam Hussein? It sounds like there are lots of changes from Will Eisner's version....I can see why Cooke would want to get rid of the obvious stereotype-features that Ebony White has, but how much of the change from Eisner's book to this book was unnecessary?
Is the book any good, and should I pick it up (I'm not planning on reading any reprints of the original Spirit comic, if there are any)?