The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue David Biedrzycki Love—while transformative—can sometimes be frightening

Love—while transformative—can sometimes be frightening

and disentangle ourselves from contemporary idols

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The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue David Biedrzycki Love—while transformative—can sometimes be frighteningPublished quietly in 1978, Will Eisner's revolutionary literary work A Contract With God marked the invention of the modern graphic novel, took on a life of its own, and inspired a generation of "sequential artists." Will Eisner (19172005) saw himself as "a graphic witness reporting on life, death, heartbreak, and the never ending struggle to prevail." The publication of A Contract With God when Eisner was sixty one proved to be a watershed moment