Hogan’s Alley: the online magazine for cartoon arts.Įisner, Will. “Eisner Wide Open.” Interviewed by Tom Heintjes. In this graphic novel Eisner not only revived the immigration narratives in a new medium, but also crossed the boundaries of American comics by presenting a vital and original form that influenced following generations of artists. Moreover, as the title suggests Eisner’s book is not a novel but a collection of short stories written in the form of American Jewish immigration narrative, combining autobiography, memoirs and fiction. Since then the term has been widely used by publishers, critics and writers, even though not all of them agree on its definition. When he published A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories, it was advertised as “a graphic novel”. He wanted to free comics of the superhero label and create artistically more complex works. Eisner realized that comics had much greater potential and started experimenting with its form and content. The paper deals with formal innovations in A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner, one of the forefathers of modern American comics. Will Eisner, graphic novel, American Jewish comics, immigration narrative Abstract
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