In class the other day we talked about different aspects of The Spirit. Splash pages are a large part of the story as they are the very first page we see when opening the comic. The majority of them don't involve the Spirit at all, and they seem to be the layout of what you are going to be seeing the rest of the comic. Each of the pages are set up differently, but they stay with the theme of what the rest of the story will be about. It also always makes a very bold statement, one that is definatly garanteed to draw you into the story. Going beyound the first page, Eisner tends to change the way in which some of the stories are told. For intense in the Christmas issue the layout of the story is different, with the main story in the middle and helpful side lines outlining the borders. Then there's the Ratat story about the toy machine gun where is looks like a coloring book setting. So not only are the splash pages there to tell you what is going to happen but the way in which the story is portrayed keeps with the theme.
The characters are made in a very interesting manner, they all seem to have features that help to create who they are, for intense their accessories really help to shape their personality. The women of Spirit seem to be drawn the same just with different outfits, their persona though is very revolutionary..... they're not the shown as the stereotypical woman like they would have been if written by anyone else. It funny to because they all tend to have very descriptive names tat are puns based on their personalities. Also going to the Spirit he tends to be shown as the most realistic out of all of the characters. He seems to be more human like her makes mistakes and it down to earth with his decisions. It's also weird how the stories rarely focus on the Spirit, and he tends to arrive later on in the story
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