A Contract with God: And Other Tenement Stories

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Very happy to have read what is widely considered 'the first graphic novel' but it is HEAVY and I'm glad I had a friend reading along to discuss.

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LibrarianRyan

A Contract with God | Will Eisner

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2.5 āThis book has long been considered the very first graphic novel. There is an introduction that Will Eisner gives about how this is different from the comic strips and the comic books from his childhood. And different it is. The stories don‘t shy away from the hardships or the mundane in things. It is very much a product of its time and of the time it‘s written about. The story takes place in the 30s in New York. ā¬‡

LibrarianRyan We follow the residence of a tenement house in their ups and downs. Before reading this be aware of trigger warnings, there is sexual assault. There is women bashing. There is domestic violence, and there is reality. This was an interesting look at the time and a sad one. It‘s hard to believe that the vast format of graphic novels that are available in the world today, spark from such an interesting and heartbreaking story, I understand why the 2y

LibrarianRyan Eisner award for the best graphic novel of the year was created. Eisner did it first and so far, he‘s done it best. He‘s told a story in a format that people would not expect that story to take. He made it real, and he made it one for the history books. While not a story I would hand to other people, it is an interesting first step in the history of American graphic novels.

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The_Book_Ninja His art is phenomenal 2y

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ManyWordsLater

A Contract with God: And Other Tenement Stories | Will Eisner

The centennial is of Will Eisner‘s birth. Took me a while to figure that out.

Anyone have ideas for dinner?

Megabooks I‘m having cheap sushi. š¤·š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ 4y

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Waynegjr

A Contract with God | Will Eisner

The great book reorganization underway!

CouronneDhiver Yikes! Let us know if we need to send help. š¨•š¨ŗ 6y

Literary_Siren I need to do this too. My mom doesn‘t care about my books and she helped me unpack a lot of them. My shelves are a mess. š¤¦š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ how are you organizing yours? 6y

Yeah_I_Read Good luck! I just did this in order to make room for all of the fall books I‘m gonna buy 6y

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Soubhiville Whoa. Best of luck! 6y

Crazeedi Oh I need to do this! 6y

Waynegjr @Literary_Siren I‘m just doing fiction right now, just alphabetically. @Amyegia and I have around 1800 Books just in fiction, so it was an undertaking. Biggest controversy: shelving graphic novels in fiction under writers last name, even if it was a memoir and even if it had a different illustrator. 6y

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Erofan

A Contract with God: And Other Tenement Stories | Will Eisner

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It was great!

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LitsyGetsGraphic

A Contract with God | Will Eisner

Good morning Littens! š˛
We are starting a new rubric #graphicnovelsnews today is about Will Eisner Award. Check out the nominees list here https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2018-eisner-awards-nominations Vote here before June 15 http://www.eisnervote.com
Read the nominees on Hoopla https://www.hoopladigital.com/collection/4345
Do not forget to start reading our next read along Feynman by Jim Ottaviani
discussion date 6/2
Happy Monday ā¯¤ļø¸

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8leagueboot

A Contract with God | Will Eisner

Will Eisner's "A Contract with God" is widely considered the 1st graphic novel. It seems fitting that such an emotive medium of storytelling, which struggles so often under derisive and uninformed attitudes toward "comics", should have had its beginnings in such human stories as this collection of 4 tales in the Great Depression tenements of the Bronx. I recommend the Norton edition; it opens w/ a genuine, humble introduction from Eisner himself.

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