When you talk about giants of the comic book industry there are a couple of names that are non-negotiable in my mind. The first one is Jack Kirby, who had a hand in creating probably half of the super-heroes you've heard of and dozens you probably haven't heard of (I'm speaking to the majority of my readers here, the non-nerds). The other name is Will Eisner. Eisner was a master storyteller and most known for his character The Spirit.

A movie version of The Spirit is coming to theaters this Christmas. It's being directed by Frank Miller, the guy who wrote the original graphic novels that 300 and Sin City were based on. Prior to Eisner's passing, he and Miller were friends. Miller has expressed a great affinity for the original Spirit material; which makes it all the more puzzling that, from the looks of the preview trailer, he's decided to turn The Spirit and it's unique voice into a Sin City look-alike.



I know it's just a trailer and I shouldn't judge the whole movie on it, but it seems to lack charm, something Eisner's original Spirit strips never did.

The movie posters, however, are fried gold. Take this one of Scarlett Johansson's character:



Innuendoriffic!

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When I saw the trailer the first time before Ironman, I though, "Hey look, Sin City 2 teaser...didn't that get delayed?" I'm a little concerned.  


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