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New York Times June 11, 1998 Comics Grand Master is Unrecognized Filed at 12:02 p.m. EDT By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- He revolutionized the comics, but you've likely never heard of Will Eisner. Most in the medium agree: ``The Spirit, '' a superhero strip appearing in no more than 20 newspapers 50 years ago, turned the comics from a pidgin of pulp fiction and cheesecake drawings into a ...

A WHOLE LOTTA SPIRIT A conversation with Will Eisner an exclusive interview for Richmond Comix by Christopher Irving CHRISTOPHER IRVING: What made you decide to let others do The Spirit, after about fifty years of doing the stories yourself WILL EISNER: The answer has to be a little complicated. For years, Denis Kitchen has been after me, pushing and prodding for me to do another Spirit story.