When I read the assignment on the Literature of Comics Blog to read some Will Eisner, I already had what my response would be in my head. I assumed based on the look of his signature and his name being the same as Michael Eisner, that he would be a part of the Disney family, like Carl Barks, and have works that were wholesome and have talking animal of some sort. When I started to read "A Contract with God", I realized immediately that I was wrong based on the first illustration of a group of people walking toward an old building or even perhaps the scenes of sexual activity later on.
I first found it interesting that there were multiple short stories that were extremely solemn and seem to be put together for a bigger meaning. They have a little bit of a more mature tone to them talking about spiritual beliefs and the everyday lives of those in the tenements of the Bronx. After doing some research it is obvious that Eisner takes some inspiration from his experiences growing up there.
I really enjoyed that there is really no structure to the panels, if you think of it in typical comic layout. Most of the illustration are free on the page and not contained by a bounding box. I think that this works really well with Eisner's illustration style, which has a lot of movement because of his use of lines. I also enjoy how he uses light and shadows for emphasis since he doesn't use color. My favorite touch is when he works with expressive typography next to the illustration, not just the normal "comic book type".
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