Hogan's Alley scribe Tom Heintjes talked extensively to the late comics master Will Eisner back in the 90s — about the early days of the comic book industry and the creation of each classic Spirit story.

WRITING THE RULES

AFTER FOUR YEARS of relentlessly producing comic book material, by 1940 Will Eisner was combat-ready to begin The Spirit. The pace was going to be grueling; besides singlehandedly producing a page of art a day, weekends included, Eisner also had to conceive Spirit stories and supervise Lady Luck and Mr. Mystic, the four-page tales that filled out each Sunday section. Add to this his partnership agreement with Busy Arnold and Henry Martin to oversee production of three Quality comic books, and the 22-year-old artist could see life was not going to be simple. {Read article...}

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