Sale and Loeb to reunite on...

[reideen1313]

The Spirit? Could be!

While the comic world is abuzz about the news that Jeph Loeb will be writing the script for a feature film version of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Loeb’s involvement with the character may not end there. According to a recent interview with Tim Sale, Loeb and Sale are in discussions to reunite on a Spirit graphic novel entitled The Christmas Spirit, “inspired by Eisner's own stories of the Spirit at Christmastime.” The Christmas Spirit would be a 48 page one-shot, with Mark Chiarello onboard for colors.

In other news, during the interview, Sale talks about another project he’s looking to do: an oversized coffee-table book of short stories featuring DC heroes like Batman and Superman. With a proposed page count of 220 pages, the book would be aimed at the casual comic fans as well those who regularly follow the characters.

Personally, I'm looking forward to all of these projects!

[/\/\att]

yep, he discussed this in the interview that we did with him.

LoG: What projects lay on the horizon for you...DC/Batman and otherwise?

TS: II still am under exclusive contract with DC for another project or two. What's been discussed are a SPIRIT graphic novel called THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, inspired by Eisner's own stories of the Spirit at Christmastime. The concept would be that the stories have recently been uncovered in a warehouse somewhere, done by the Eisner studio in the 40's when he was in the army. Short stories, 48 pages, Jeph writing, me drawing and the fabulous Mark Chiarello coloring. The other project is a coffee-table book of stories starring Batman and
Superman, not together, but each in his own tale. The stories are pairs, and linked by a theme -- Sleep, Food, Home, like that. Big, like 220 pages, and oversized, a book anyone might want to own, not just those into comics. That's my dream, anyway.

[JokerFC]

that all sounds very cool indeed

[Arkham16]

sounds fun

[Roback]

Yep, awesome news. I love all their work and I am always anticipating any new projects that they may have comeing out.