Book Talk - A Contract with God

Eisner, Will. A Contract with God. New York: DC Comics, 1996. Print.
978-0393328042; Paperback; $10.00; 181 pages

Annotation: 
Semi-autobiographical look at the life of Will Eisner, prominent cartoonist and forerunner in the Graphic Novel field, told in four parts.  Recommended for high school libraries and public library YA sections.

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Index-card trick:
-Often called 'the first graphic novel'
-Semi-autobiographical, told in four stories: A Contract with God, The Street Singer, The Super, Cookalein
-1930s, Bronx
-Tenement life
-Stories deal with death, poverty, religion, and the struggles of life