A Contract with God (Hardcover) Brian Merchant The bear and the girl

The bear and the girl then begin a friendship which poses one big problem - how can she keep such a big bear in her house without her parents finding out

Nevertheless

propelled by a fascinating cast of characters

In one of the best graphic novels published in recent years

in the tradition of Allie Brosh and Roz Chast

A Contract with God (Hardcover) Brian Merchant The bear and the girlBy Will Eisner. Published by W. W. Norton. Hardcover, 224 pages, B&W, 1978 (2017 printing) The revolutionary work of graphic storytelling that inspired a new art form. Will Eisner was present at the dawn of comics. In the 1940s, he pushed the boundaries of the medium with his acclaimed weekly comic strip The Spirit, and with the publication of A Contract with God in 1978, he created a new medium altogether: the graphic novel. It was unlike anything