I thought it was the fact that it has nothing to do with Wil Eisner's vision that killed it.
One of comic's most prized characters and Miller sh*ts on it.
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JollyJack - a stench from the past,
Fri 12 Jun 2009, 17:04,
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And the terrible, terrible dialogue...
Spirit - "I have to find out what the Octopus knows. He knows something..."
Dolan - "How do you know?"
Spirit - "Because the Octopus told me he knows something..."
... Really? >_<
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Bebopdc,
Fri 12 Jun 2009, 19:10,
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