Will Eisner (1917-2005) was a pioneering force in comics for over sixty years. His career spanned groundbreaking work in early newspaper comics, through his most famous creation - the Spirit, to the mature graphic novels that he produced right up to his final years.
Will Eisner was and still is, one of the most influential comics artists of all time.
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A Contract with God, originally published in 1978, was the first graphic novel: the prototype. This brand new collection brings together Contract With God, with Life Force and Dropsie Avenue. Set during the Great Depression, this literary trilogy, assembled in one volume for the first time, presents a treasure house of now near-mythic stories that fictionally illustrate the bittersweet tenement life of Eisner's youth. With nearly two dozen new illustrations and a revealing new foreword, this book ultimately tells the epic story of life, death, and resurrection while exploring man's fractious relationship with an all-too-vengeful God. This mesmerizing, fictional chronicle of the universal American immigrant experience is Eisner's most poignant and enduring legacy. 544 pages hardcover