Saturday, December 21, 2024

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS (PART 1)


"Christmas is a magical thing, a holiday when the world stops for a moment to perform small acts of charity."
- Will Eisner

Even though he was Jewish, Will Eisner still recognized the influence Christmas had on people whether they were Christians or not. He observed that this holiday brought people together, if only if for a short time, in kindness to each other. The potent message compelled him to use this theme in a number of his stories in THE SPIRIT.

Kitchen Sink Press collected these and published them as a book in 1994.










































Friday, December 20, 2024

CURT SIODMAK DEFENDS MONSTERS


Novelist, screenwriter and director Curt Siodmak has some interesting things to say about the tradition of horror and monsters and their cultural influence in this article from THE SCREEN WRITER (February 1946).