South Pasadena Library | Virtual Book Discussion of ‘A Contract with God’

This graphic novel, originally released in 1978, revolutionized the comic book medium.

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The South Pasadena Public Library will host a virtual book discussion of “A Contract with God” in celebration of Will Eisner Week. The discussion will take place on Zoom on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Registration is required.

Will Eisner Week, taking place March 1st through 7th, is the annual literary celebration of Will Eisner, a pioneer in the field of sequential art whose career spanned more than 70 years. “A Contract with God” is a semi-autobiographical work containing four interwoven stories of the Jewish residents of a tenement building in New York City. This graphic novel, originally released in 1978, revolutionized the comic book medium and is often deemed the first modern graphic novel.

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