Will Eisner The Spirit finished watercolor

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Title:	Will Eisner The Spirit finished watercolor
Artist:	Will Eisner (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	680
Likes on CAF:	11 12
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	8/4/2022
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Will Eisner, considered by many to be the greatest talent to ever work in the comic book industry, illustrated this piece featuring his signature character, the Spirit. Inscribed to Disney artist Roman Arambula, the piece measures 8.25 x 11 inches and shows Denny Colt's alter ego looking through a trunk filled with true treasure--'Spirit Sections' from the Golden Age of comics! From 1940 to 1952 Will Eisner's The Spirit was consistently the most well executed series of the Golden Age. Distributed as a weekly book insert in Sunday newspapers across the nation, The Spirit was designed to reach an older, more sophisticated audience and Eisner set the bar for the era producing a body of work that has been an inspiration to hundreds of comic book artists who came into the business following the footsteps of the pioneering genius. Thank you Mike Burkey and Dueling Dealers for working with me and making this a buy of a life time.

Roman Arambula has worked as a layout artist, director, storyboard artist � and as the inheritor of Floyd Gottfredson�s Mickey Mouse comic strip work for Disney. But that�s only a fragment of the story.

Roman, of Basque descent, was born in Mexico, and trained at the University in Mexico City in drawing and fine art. He began his professional career in advertising, but soon found his way to the Gamma Studios, where he animated on Jay Ward�s Rocky and Bullwinkle, Fractured Fairy Tales, and other projects in the Ward universe.

When Gamma came to an end in the late sixties, Mr. Arambula was quickly hired by a small animation studio in Dallas. Then as now, the Dallas animation community was not large, and Roman moved his growing family to Los Angeles, where he soon quickly work at Hanna-Barbera. �In those days, the studio was much like Gamma,� says Roman,�with lots of cubicles, lots of artists, and lots of production ��

Along with animation work, Roman freelanced in comic books, a field he had earlier pursued in Mexico. He continued the sideline in the United States. But Mr. Arambula�s sideline ultimately became his main vocation when he took over Floyd Gottfredson�s daily �Mickey Mouse� strip on the Disney lot, continuing Floyd�s legacy for close to two decades. Today, happily retired, Roman is now working on several graphic novels of his own design and creation.

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Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 8/4/2022

Wonderful!

Eric Wenger
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 8/4/2022

WOW this is amazing! Eisner was and will always be incredible and this is just fantastic. Congrats on this!

Rob T
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 8/4/2022

This is truly outstanding!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 8/4/2022

These are great when one artist gifts to another. The pieces are more personable, yet always tries harder to impress with skill and technical aspects.

Davide G.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 4/25/2023

A little gem by the master, congrats!

Fabio C.
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 4/26/2023

cool piece!

Bernard Voorzichtig
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 8/5/2023

Great piece!

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 8/14/2023

This is soooo great for sooo many different reasons. A real gem.

CIRO SCOGNAMIGLIO
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 11/24/2023

Fantastic piece!

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