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A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories

As the first true modern graphic novel, A Contract with God revolutionized the comics medium with its publication in 1978. This semi-autobiographical work captures with pen and ink the drama of the city and its all-too-human inhabitants. Set in the same Bronx neighborhood as later works Dropsie Avenue and A Life Force, the stories in Contract examine the world of immigrant life in New York City in the 1930s with a unique look at the emotion and character of its denizens.