![]() Eisner had one of the most storied careers in comics-albeit one bisected by a long absence from the public eye-and is probably the central figure in the American tradition, at least as a shaper and theorist of the medium’s formal development. ![]() Gardner’s comprehensive introduction to this volume, “A Life in Pictures,” introduces readers to Eisner’s biography. ![]() As a bevy of culture-warriors will tell us, contemporary academe is as much in the business of canon-smashing as canon-building, and editor Jared Gardner deftly balances these competing priorities to make A Contract with God a model of the critical edition. Even more than Penguin Classics’s foray into early Marvel Comics, which also happened this year, Will Eisner’s inclusion in a book series synonymous with the academic study of classic literature proves that the comics medium continues its march into the canon. ![]() Here is a landmark 2022 publication: the first Norton Critical Edition of a graphic novel. ![]() A Contract with God and Other Stories of Dropsie Avenue: A Norton Critical Edition by Will Eisner ![]()
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