𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗿 -

Eisner's historical moment in creating the first adult "graphic novel" is not merely pioneering but ambitious and nearly fully realized.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗿 -

Depression-era tenement life in New York City, Eisner's work established in the 1970s the serious modern graphic novel, a story unlike cartoonists had before aspired to. Should be fairly heart-wrenching.

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