Comments on: Batman/The Spirit

By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:33:06 +0000

Anyone that calls Jeph Loeb a “mega-Hack” Doesn’t deserve to say anything about comics. He is great. Cooke is great. Whats wrong with you people? Each artist/writer gets the opportunity to tell their stories any way they choose. These are the guys that has D.C. has chosen. And they have done great things in comics. Someone will always hate i guess. Why am i eve here.

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*The Spirit Book One — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:52:08 +0000

[...] Spirit. Book One is a handsome hardcover collecting the first six issues of the series plus the Batman/Spirit crossover written by Jeph Loeb. [...]

By: Patrick Dunn

Patrick Dunn — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:02:48 +0000

Cooke is good.

Very, very, very good.

I can’t wait to grab this one myself. (looking forward to reading Cooke’s ongoing Spirit as well!)

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:01:10 +0000

“…and then there are fights and things blowing up.”

I don’t really have a point.
Just wanted to quote that.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:07:15 +0000

Rob: Nice catch on the Batman logo, thanks for pointing that out!

Justin: Oh, yeah! Great high point, that was.

Loren: I read Spirit #1, but I think I rushed through it too quickly, because I was trying to get to bed at a reasonable time. I need to reread it … and see if Ginger Coffee was still that annoying. I really liked how he handled Ebony, too.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:23:45 +0000

Mark: I don’t remember, but I *did* finish my thesis a little more than a year ago, so it’s at least possible. What was your thesis about?

E-Mail: althalus (at) wtal . de (so we don’t bother Johanna more than necessary)

By: Loren

Loren — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:20:37 +0000

I absolutely agree with you about checking out anything Darwyn Cooke does. I absolutely love his style or artwork. But, while I’m neither a Jeph Loeb fan or critic, I did think that his dialogue (including the “I’m coming for you, Joker!” phrase) worked for this particular project. Yes, it’s goofy…but, for me, it almost added to this almost Golden Age charm the book had. But, for me, ultimately more superior was The Spirit #1 with words and music…er…pictures…by Cooke himself.

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Blog@Newsarama » Cranky columnist blusters over Batman/The Spirit — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:04:27 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:34:52 +0000

My favorite part was when they switched costumes. The Spirit in the cape and cowl absolutely worked. Batman in the suit was overkill, but it still had to be my favorite part of the whole thing. There was something so retro-absurd about it.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:06:38 +0000

Michael, I recommend the Absolute, even with the high price, for two reasons: the whole thing under one cover, and Cooke’s notes in the back, which really convey his love for the characters and added to the whole nostalgia take for me.

Sebastian, I need to reread Selina’s Big Score, but I didn’t care for it when it came out either. This one-shot did have a simpler plot, which helped. (Villains team up to disrupt a police convention as a means of capturing Batman and the Spirit. Mayhem ensues.)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:38:29 +0000

Sebastian,

are the one I talked with last year when we were both finishing our final thesises for university (you e-mailed me bc you saw the survey for my thesis online)?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:34:01 +0000

I will get my copy next month and I’m really looking forward to it.
The only thing from Cooke I read so far was his issue of Solo which I liked a lot.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:15:56 +0000

And I found that that was the key — look at the pictures, ignore the hackneyed text.

Funny… I always had the same problem, but when Cooke writes on his own. Well, to be more precise, it’s not the dialogue, but the stories as a whole. I’ve read “New Frontier” and “Selina’s Big Score” and though I liked the art a lot, I was confused by most of the storytelling. It seemed kind of choppy and (though it’s been a while since I read them and the memory’s a bit blurred) more like disconnected vignettes.

This one shot was okay, though. But then, I’m neither a native speaker nor versed in the history of the characters, so I probably just didn’t notice anything.

By: Rob Staeger

Rob Staeger — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:54:16 +0000

Check out the Batman splash again — his logo gets the “Spirit treatment,” too!

By: Michael Rawdon

Michael Rawdon — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:51:37 +0000

I remember thumbing through DC: The New Frontier when it came out and my reaction was basically "Huh, another reinterpretation of DC's silver age early days, only this time with cheesy retro-style artwork." It seemed like it was vaguely trying to recapture the greatness of Robinson & Smith's The Golden Age, but it didn't look it like it came anywhere close. At least not in the art department. (To be fair, asking anyone to match Paul Smith's linework is a tall order.) But so many people seem to love it that I guess I will have to brave the artwork and read the story sometime. Probably not in Absolute format, though!