Eisner, Will. The Contract With God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006.
ISBN: 0393061051 | Hardcover | 498 p. | $29.95 USD
Annotation: This trilogy combines three major works by comic legend Will Eisner, all centered around New York City Jewish life. The Contact with God is a collection of graphic short stories following the residents of a 1930's Bronx neighborhood. A Life Force explores the Depression era struggles and the rise of Nazism. Lastly, Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood tells the story of the neighborhood as it changes over the course of more than 100 years.
Awards / Honors:
The Contract With God is credited with launching the popularity of graphic novels as a literary form.
Index Card Booktalk:
Short stories
Detailed drawings [graphic form - show pages to audience]
Life in a New York City tenement neightborhood
Russian immigrant, street singer, superintendent, summer vacationers
The "original" graphic novel
Learn more about Will Eisner's life and work on his website: http://www.willeisner.com or watch this conversation between Eisner and legendary comic creator Stan Lee:
"Nope. I don't read. Except graphic novels, but thats different from reading. I like manga and that kind of stuff...it different from reading regular books." - Talia P.
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