Contract with God: And Other Tenement Stories Centennial Edition

A single-volume edition of a classic Great Depression graphic novel series documents its role in launching the graphic novel as an art form, in a collection that fictionally depicts its creator's bittersweet struggles with a vengeful God within a tenement district. Reprint.
A gorgeous, collectible hardcover editionof Will Eisner’s pioneering graphic novelto celebrate the author’s 100th birthday.
Published quietly in 1978, Will Eisner’s revolutionary literary work A Contract With God marked the invention of the modern graphic novel. A mesmerizing fictional chronicle of a universal American experience, it inspired a generation of sequential artists. Through a quartet of four interwoven stories, A Contract With God expresses the joy, exuberance, tragedy, and drama of life on the mythical Dropsie Avenue in the Bronx.This edition uses all-new, high-resolution reproductions of Eisner’s original artwork, bringing new clarity and immediacy to Eisner’s writing, illustration, and composition. Crafted with the highest fidelity to Eisner’s artistic vision, the volume offers a beautiful, collectible way to experience the legendary book that launched a new art form and established Eisner as one of the great pioneers of American graphics.