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Description of Pictures: 75 Spirited Years: Will Eisner & The Spirit
September 25, 2015 – March 7, 2016
Will Eisner’s legacy in the world of comics is one of challenging the medium for all it was worth as he pushed the limits of form and function to get the greatest storytelling results possible.
In addition to championing the graphic novel, turning out “how to” instructions for the military, and inspiring multiple generations of creators, 75 years ago this master of the comic art form created The Spirit!
Join us for a retrospective on 75 years of The Spirit and a sampling of Will Eisner’s other great works 75 Spirited Years: Will Eisner & The Spirit at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum. Curated by Eisner’s longtime friend, colleague and publisher Denis Kitchen, this exhibit showcases more than 50 pieces of original art and more!

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GEPPI9_150926_308.JPG: Will Eisner did many concept sketches of The Spirit over the years, including some that did not come to fruition. In celebration of our exhibit, 75 SPIRITED YEARS: WILL EISNER & THE SPIRIT, Guest Curator Denis Kitchen offered us one of those sketches. We, in turn, asked four artists to offer their interpretation of Eisner's concept. We sought out creators with a special relationship to The Spirit, Geppi's Entertainment Museum, or both. * DAN SCHKADE (with colors by BRENNAN WAGNER) is the artist of Dynamite Entertainment's THE SPIRIT. * MARK WHEATLEY, the acclaimed, award-winning co-creator of BREATHTAKER, among other projects. * ALEX SAVIUK (with colors by PAUL MOUNTS), a former student of Eisner's, actually penciled the final story Eisner did. * And with many high profile projects to his name, JOHN K. SNYDER III is the son of GEM's original president, JOHN K. SNYDER, JR.
2. GEPPI9_150926_313.JPG: DAN SCHKADE (with colors by BRENNAN WAGNER)
3. GEPPI9_150926_316.JPG: JOHN K. SNYDER III
4. GEPPI9_150926_321.JPG: ALEX SAVIUK (with colors by PAUL MOUNTS)
5. GEPPI9_150926_323.JPG: MARK WHEATLEY
Wikipedia Description: Geppi's Entertainment Museum
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Geppi's Entertainment Museum is a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) privately owned pop culture museum located at historic Camden Station at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. The museum chronicles the history of pop culture in America from the 17th century to today as made popular in newspapers, magazines, comic books, movies, television, radio and video games. It features a large and varied collection of nearly 6,0000 pop culture artifacts, including magazines, movie posters, toys, buttons, badges, cereal boxes, trading cards, dolls, figurines - and memorabilia of every conceivable category!. Geppi’s Entertainment Museum is located in downtown Baltimore's historic Camden Station at Camden Yards, directly above the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards and adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Background

The museum is owned by Stephen A. Geppi, President and CEO of Diamond Comics Distributors, and The majority of the artifacts come from Geppi's private collection. In 2007, Geppi's daughter Melissa "Missy" Geppi-Bowersox became the Executive Vice-President of the Geppi’s Entertainment Museum; in 2012, Melissa Geppi-Bowersox was promoted to President.

The museum's founding curator was Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg, former editor at Gemstone Publishing. In 2011 Andy Hershberger was promoted to Associate Curator/Registrar, and has since worked with Melissa Geppi-Bowersox in the creation of a curatorial advisory committee.

In 2012, the museum store was renamed Geppi's Comic World (formerly: Flashbacks) in honor of Geppi’s former comic chain. Zachary Winland is the current manager of Geppi's Comic World.

Exhibits

The museum is composed of several galleries devoted to different eras of pop culture, as well as a temporary exhibit space for rotating exhibits. The standing galleries are:

* A Story in Four Colors displays a large collection of comic books to the Golden Age to the Modern Era. The gallery also includes an extensive collection of pulp magazines and Big Little Books.
* Pioneer Spirit: Baltimore Heroes looks at personalities, businesses and events that have made Baltimore City and the surrounding suburbs so awesome.
* Extra, Extra: 1776-1927 features characters made popular in newspapers, books, movies and radio broadcasts of the era.
* When Heroes Unite: 1928-1945 displays character collectibles from the Great Depression until World War II, including Mickey Mouse ,Popeye, Superman, Captain Marvel, Dick Tracy, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger and more.
* America Tunes In: 1946-1960 features artifacts from era, including Howdy Doody, Davy Crockett, I Love Lucy, sports heroes, space and western shows and rock and roll.
* Revolution: 1961 to 1970 contains relics from one of the most influential decades of the 20th century. James Bond, The Flintstones, Batman, The Green Hornet, Star Trek, The Beatles, Barbie and G.I. Joe are just a few of the characters that are represented here.
* Expanding Universe: 1971-1990 highlights video games, fast food tie-ins, Saturday morning cartoons, TV celebrities and Star Wars
* Going Global: 1991-Present displays artifacts from the last decade of the 20th century to the present, and includes representation of Jack Sparrow, MC Hammer, Hanna Montana and the Toy Story franchise.

Special Edition: Temporary Exhibits

Geppi’s Entertainment Museum has been host to a wide range of rotating exhibits from Star Wars, to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide to previews of upcoming toys. Currently the museum is hosting Colorforms�: 60 Years of Creative Storytelling an exhibit commemorating the 60th anniversary of Colorforms�, one of America’s most beloved toys.

Coming in August of 2013, Geppi’s Entertainment Museum will host Milestones: African Americans in Comics, Pop Culture and Beyond, a major special exhibit developed and curated by Michael Davis, co-founder of Milestone Media.
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