Goodbye COMIC BOOKS, Hello GRAPHIC NOVELS! Will Eisner's A CONTRACT WITH GOD Changed Everything!

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In 1978, the publication of Will Eisner's A CONTRACT WITH GOD, marketed as the 1st GRAPHIC NOVEL, changed the course of comics publishing in North America. Eisner pioneered and promoted the graphic novel format the rest of his life. Today the graphic novel is the top-selling format. We might not be here without A Contract With God.
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@sinatraorange 2 жыл бұрын

Was always bummed that Douglas Wolk kind of shit on Eisner in that first How to Read Comics book he published. Always felt like it was a weird elitism, like Eisner was too simplistic or too old-fashioned to be "good" compared to Grant Morrison or another Wolk darling.

@russworks2882 2 жыл бұрын

And that last guy staring out from the fire escape, "Willie", is the author, probably relaying his own memories.

@russworks2882 2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter if it's a graphic novel; it's beautiful. The narrative voice Eisner sometimes uses reminds me of some of the extended narratives his former assistant Jules Feiffer had used going back to the 50's, stories like Munroe (which was adapted to an Academy Award-winning cartoon), Passionella, Boom!, and Harold Swerg. Another connection that jumps out is Terrytoons Studio where Feiffer worked. Gene Deitch at Terrytoons created a series about Clinton Clobber, the super of a decaying New York apartment buiding. It feels very much a part of the same world as Eisner.

@stephenbifani7798 2 жыл бұрын

I read this cover to cover whilst my most excellent and beloved wife drove on a 3 or 4 hours road trip. The book itself was a gift from my dad, which was the reason we were road tripping. So glad you gents covered this one. I hope that this comment is seen by you fellows, if only to let you know these facts, plus the anecdote that the phrases "that is kayfabed", "mitigate the effect of", "A rising tide raises all ships", and "these/those shits" have worked their way into the lexicon of our normal conversation.

@stephenbifani7798 2 жыл бұрын

Also I have an interesting (?) Will Eisner story involving said dad should anyone like to hear (read) it.

@XAVIERCUERVO 2 жыл бұрын

i do own this fantastic book it is a masterpiece to say the least thank you again guys !! can you get Kelley Jones in the channel pleaaaaaaase he is a great interview thanks!!!

@robfleming6802 2 жыл бұрын

That last page indeed isn't in the kitchen sink version. Great review Ed & Jim!

@valeriekeefe8898 7 ай бұрын

23:08 The saddest realization in my life is that that woman used to exist.

@Wooden_pillars_ 2 жыл бұрын

This was a Hell of a video. Wow.

@montagethemovie5947 2 жыл бұрын

I have an early edition of this. Not sure if it’s first printing. Will have to check. Great vid as always

@darioscomicschool1111 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing "A Contract with God" with us! I think Comic, Story and Artwork should open up great Stories...that are this thoughfull and insightfull....And Drawn and Inked Masterfully! 40:47 Breathtaking...the Brush and Penwork, the Black and White Balance....

@hugotakeyama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@manoknowfish 2 жыл бұрын

I read it a while ago! The seconed story was quite weird....i didn't like the fact that they potrayed the p=d0 as a tragic character...

@JH-pe3ro 2 жыл бұрын

While I respect Eisner's work and its historical impact, he doesn't seem to have influenced me in a direct way, maybe because I'm just young enough that the ideas he had were already being picked up and carried forward by the next generation. But it's good writing, storytelling, art - very complete, and only lacking in the sense that the stories feel very enclosed in their space; while the content is authentic, there's a razor sharp focus on depicting the characters doing things theatrically, which limits any sense of a world beyond their immediate motivations. Like, it's insistent about what's important here and tries to focus exactly on those facets and shave off the rest, and that gives it a certain wooden overbearingness that's very characteristic of Eisner's generation, like 50's-era documentary narration. And that's both a limitation and also part of the charm; "flawless norms vs flawed characters" is at the heart of almost every postwar drama. The visual economy of the backgrounds heightens the feeling of stage sets, even though the perspectives used are far more elaborate. One could imagine any play or musical from the mid-century period being adapted in this style - like, West Side Story, Death of a Salesman, or Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf would all totally fit this.

@maskedmarvel7869 2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one that gets pissed off when I hear an actor state the movie they are in or going to be in is based on a graphic novel when it was actually based on a comic book series.

@JKalit 2 жыл бұрын

I draw realistically, but i can draw anything at all. This sort of drawings i did not see for long time but now when I see them i get intrigued and kinda makes it interesting. When you draw accurate proportional figures what you get on paper may not be satisfactory because people have seen humans. It therefore becomes a challenging work. I don't have any plans of becoming an artist i will draw and paint for myself and knowledge. If I get enough knowledge i will write a book

@s.e.dogaru7268 2 жыл бұрын

Check out (if you haven't) "Rendering In Pen And Ink" by Aurther Guptill. 1930s/40s era book about pen and brush technique. Fantastic book on the subject. I THINK there's a modern paperback printing out there.

@VideoGamesAF 2 жыл бұрын

Big fan of the channel and the book but I will say the works of Edward Gorey and Lynd Ward precede Eisner’s extended sequeistal art narative by decades. Not to imply he was directly influenced by them, I’m sure Eisner naturally came up wth the ideas on his own, as seen from the almost children’s picture book to sweeping urban epics within the Contract trilogy. But Gorey belongs in the history of graphic novels as a founder, yet I never see him included. At least Ward has Art Spegelmann to champion his works in the comics space.

@AlbertNickerson 2 жыл бұрын

Oscar Dystel at Bantam Books had passed on A CONTRACT WITH GOD. #willeisner #MakeComicsGreatAgain

@cirilocheryl2311 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, hello friends, i need your help, i want to know about comic art original inspired for card Hobgoblin marvel annual flair 1994 card#44 thanks :)