Episode 100
Will Eisner's A Contract With God
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
March 30, 20181h 8mExplicit
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Show Notes
This graphic novel, by one of the elder statesmen of comics, pushed the medium into new formats, genres and methods of distribution. We discuss how Eisner used a very personal tragedy to create it, as well as its unique representation of Jewish American identity.
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- A Contract With God
- The Spirit
- Comics and Sequential Art
- Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
- Hubert Selby, Jr.
Additional Resources:
- Eisner's A Contract with God Is the First Graphic Novel. By: Plummer, Marguerite R., Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2013
- The 'God' father
- THE ANATOMY OF EXPRESSION: WILL EISNER AND 'A CONTRACT WITH GOD'
- Scott McCloud's Introduction to Will Eisner's A Contract With God — the Centennial Edition
- Royal, D. P. (2011). Sequential Sketches of Ethnic Identity: Will Eisner's "A Contract with God" as Graphic Cycle. College Literature, 38(3), 150-167.