![]() ![]() Some are blindly optimistic and others rawly matter-of-fact in their realism. A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner Other authors:See the other authorssection. His characters fall in and out of faith in God, man, and love. Eisner explores the themes therein on multiple levels, with text and illustration that are cuttingly resonant. Residents strive, struggle, and schlep through the graphic short stories. With or without the history, it is nearly impossible to imagine a reader not being blown away by this collection.Ī Contract With God explores the everyday extremes of human experience through the tenement building at 55 Dropsie Avenue. ![]() McCloud's intro, the publisher's following "Brief History," and Eisner's own preface firmly contextualize the work and its creator within its time and the larger comics scene to which Eisner was so integral. ![]() Originally published in 1978, Will Eisner's A Contract With God "existed in its own continuum, patiently waiting for the rest of its kind to quietly arrive…" says Scott McCloud in his introduction to the hardcover edition, released in celebration of what would have been Eisner's centennial year. ![]()
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