Adventures of the Escapist #6
an issue of Adventures of the Escapist by Dark Horse
Issue description
Writer:
Dan Best
Norm Breyfogle
Eddie Campbell
Howard Chaykin
Will Eisner
Steven Grant
Chris Offutt
Thomas Yeates
In these pages, the Spirit meets the Escapist! That’s right—legendary comics godfather
Will Eisner returns to his world-famous creation for a meeting that neither WWII-era
hero will soon forget. This is the first new Spirit story both written and drawn by Eisner
to see print in decades!
Also in this issue is the comics writing debut of Lannan and Whiting award winner Chris
Offutt! Thomas Yeates (Conan) lushly illustrates this celebrated author’s tale of the
Escapist in Vietnam. Dan Best and Eddie Campbell (From Hell) present a fully-painted
story of the Empire City 1939 World’s Fair, and Howard Chaykin (American Flagg!)
returns to concoct “Liberators,” a fact-based tale of art looted by the Nazis, set in 1945
Paris! Norwegian indy cartoonist JASON contributes an Escapist spoof, and Steven Grant
and Norm Breyfogle proffer the first Weird Date story of the anthology! One of the
myriad classic titles created by Kavalier & Clay, Weird Date featured mixes of classic
Alex Toth romance comics and outrageous Jack Cole crime comics of the sort that put
Dr. Freddie Wertham’s undies in a twist!
• Cover art by living legend Will Eisner features two of his most famous characters: the Spirit and Ellen Dolan!