Gary <
piesbook@execpc.com> wrote:
<< I am reading through the Spirit series right now
thanks to the great reprints hardcover reprints from DC
Comics. Although I am enjoying the stories I am having
difficulty with the racism. I am not that familiar with the
Eisner legacy, but did he ever say anything (like-I'm sorry!)
for some of his characters?
>>
Eisner addressed some of this in his last work, FAGIN
THE JEW, the backstory for Dickens' character in OLIVER
TWIST. He talks about this, stereotypes, and Ebony in some
recent interviews, like this one
http://www.comicscode.net/interviews/eisner/indexen.htm
and here:
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/arnold/article/0,9565,488263,00.html
And there's some info on what he was working on after
FAGIN THE JEW:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11308-2004Jun2.html
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