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Preview: The Spirit Of Will Eisner Newspaper From Sean Phillips, Jonathan Ross, Bryan Hitch, Seth, Ed Brubaker And More

Published Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:30:14 -0500

He had copies at Leeds' Thought Bubble, but the official launch will be at Lakes International Comic Art Festival in a couple of weeks. Well, Sean Phillips is local to that show.

And what a launch it will be.

The Spirit Of Eisner newspaper has been commissioned to mark the 100th year of Will Eisner's birth, a celebratory broadsheet newspaper comic, created in a style that homages Will Eisner's original work on the title in his 16 page comics supplement that ran for 12 years from 1940 until 1952 in the United States.

Featuring a cover by Becky Cloonan, officially sanctioned by the Will Eisner estate, this 12-page broadsheet, co-ordinated by artist and Festival patron Sean Phillips features comic strips… and here is a first sneak peek at a few panels from each.

By Sergio Aragonés (MAD, Groo),

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (The Fade Out),

John M. Burns (2000AD),

Graham Dury and Simon Thorp (VIZ),

Jason Latour (Spider-Gwen),

Chris Samnee (Captain America)

Brendan McCarthy (Skin)

Peter Milligan (2000AD), Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy)

Jonathan Ross (Turf) and Bryan Hitch (The Authority)

and Seth (Palookaville).

And a Michael Cho illustration on the back cover along with a number of text pieces.

All the art featured in the publication, which will be launched at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival weekend running from the 13th – 15th October, will feature in an exhibition at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre, in the Warehouse Gallery.

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