This is a risograph printed mini-comic, featuring side-by-side comparisons of drawings based on stills from Fritz Lang films (M, Fury, You Only Live Once, Ministry of Fear), with recreations (by me) of Will Eisner panels from The Spirit.
Why Lang/Eisner? Because of quotes like these:
“Will Eisner was an early master of the German expressionist approach in comic books – the Fritz Lang school.” Jules Feiffer
“I did turn to film a great deal to employ ‘camera techniques.’ I was very, very impressed with Fritz Lang in those days, a real fan of his films—Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari were favorites—and I paid a lot of attention to the new photography and imagery films were producing. I wasn’t trying to emulate film, I was employing the visual language influenced by film.” Will Eisner
We’ll forgive Eisner for mis-identifying Caligari as a Lang film – maybe he meant The Testament of Dr. Mabuse?
I’ll be giving the mini away at events with a purchase of the graphic novel, or selling it on its own for $5.
