It's Will Eisner's 102 birthday today, so let's celebrate by reading A Contract with God, and the second book tomorrow, and the third book the next day.
Storytime: A Contract with God
Lucas Cook
Levi Nguyen
Skipping over the intro stuff.
Robert Flores
The book starts off more like an illustrated novel but becomes more comic book like as it goes on.
Henry Lee
Xavier Ward
Anyone here from the Bronx?
Gabriel Powell
Tyler Howard
Now the story starts.
Leo Wood
Wyatt Harris
Liam Robinson
Cooper Wood
Hunter Jones
Poor Eisner.
Luis Green
Joshua Long
Christopher Long
Cooper Wright
Lucas Perry
William Wood
Samuel Murphy
Ryder Rodriguez
Jaxson Jenkins
Adam Roberts
Jack Lopez
If I'm reading the map correctly he would have had to go through all of Iran or all of Turkey, if he taking the shortest route to the ocean.
Asher Reyes
Blake Jenkins
Michael Sanders
Aaron Scott
Aiden Cook
Jack Price
Jackson Anderson
It was a small stone it couldn't have been that detailed a contract.
Jonathan Adams
Carson Adams
Brayden Parker
Isaac Hernandez
Lucas Cook
Probably three of my favorite pages in all of comics
Caleb Nelson
He looked better with the beard.
Lucas Bennett
Luis Barnes
Aiden Jackson
Hunter Allen
Easton Cox
Feels unfair that he could do that.
Sebastian Cooper
Jose Barnes
Matthew Sullivan
Carter White
Noah Russell
Xavier Moore
Jacob Sanders
Ryder Powell
Jaxon Rivera
Isaiah Jackson
Thanks a lot
Ryder Cooper
Kevin Robinson
Owen Mitchell
np
Ryder Hall
Jaxon Sullivan
Hunter Clark
Eli Brooks
There's probably a lesson in here somewhere.
John Long
Samuel Kelly
Owen Garcia
I've reread this dozens of time, first online and then bought the best hardcover edition I could find. Absolutely great.
Thanks for posting it.
Aiden Gonzalez
Daniel Jones
np
Evan Myers
Owen Thomas
Charles Hernandez
Sebastian Sullivan
Robert Robinson
Grayson Jenkins
Brayden Long
Jonathan Anderson
Sebastian Hughes
Logan Parker
Happy birthday, Will.
Carson Gray
Matthew Brown
Jackson Gray
Jayden Cook
Andrew Morales
Cooper Adams
Christian Watson
Isaac Reed
Connor Reyes
Landon Gonzalez
Thomas Scott
Elijah Perez
Camden Barnes
Lincoln Ward
Angel Ross
Noah Bailey
Samuel Clark
Anyone else feel like this segment is kinda generic?
Carter Ward
Colton Gutierrez
Austin Butler
Bentley Reyes
Sebastian Turner
Bentley Butler
Michael Jenkins
William Moore
It can't be too hard to find her again. The Bronx isn't insanely big.
Julian Walker
Christian Moore
And now a story about Yea Forums.
Isaiah Hernandez
Kayden Clark
Christopher Wilson
Oliver Ramirez
But respect has to be earned.
Jaxson Johnson
Ryder Morgan
Thomas Baker
Chase Young
Brayden Wood
Kayden Martin
Parker Wright
bump
Nathan Nelson
This would be my room if I lived before the internet. I'd have pictures hanging from the ceiling with string.
Benjamin Gomez
Thanks.
Colton Lopez
Ian Long
Ian Phillips
Brandon Nelson
Matthew Ramirez
Jeremiah Brown
Oliver Lewis
Andrew Hall
Cameron Morris
Carter Evans
Samuel Williams
Daniel Davis
Robert Ramirez
Zachary Richardson
Well that was pointlessly grim.
Jaxon Rogers
Time for the final, and I consider best, story of the book.
Charles Moore
I heard part of this story was autobiographical. My money's on the barn part.
Leo Taylor
Colton Stewart
Jackson Walker
James Foster
Jace Powell
Alexander Reed
Jack Brooks
people in the big city always want to escape to the countryside and people who live in the country always want to go to the city.
Aaron Barnes
Jeremiah Perez
Cameron Thomas
Elijah Perry
Jace Stewart
Gabriel Bell
Juan Clark
Jaxson King
Samuel Rodriguez
Landon Martin
Cameron Stewart
Doesn't seem worth it if you still have to cook for yourself.
Lincoln Martin
Hunter Perry
Juan Jones
Adam Campbell
Adam Morris
I think it would be cool to date a saxophone player, as long as it wasn't one of those temperamental types.
Alexander Nguyen
Going to need a bump soon.
Tyler Ortiz
Joseph Myers
Nathan Evans
Jose Morales
Gotta give the dude props for seemingly punching way above his class here.
Leo Cooper
Daniel Wood
Eisner can draw some nice ladies.
Jaxon Garcia
I think this guy shows up in later books but I'm not sure.
Isaiah Reed
Wyatt Butler
Jordan Davis
Absolutely god tier work from a "mediocre white man". Eat shit Aaron Diaz you'll never be even a fraction as good as Eisner
Jayden Hughes
Andrew Jenkins
Isaiah Reed
Christian Ross
Leo Hill
Oliver Bailey
Lincoln Russell
Christian Hughes
Fifteen yeas old and looks like Robert Goddamn Redford.
Wyatt Thomas
Jaxon Butler
Cameron Evans
This is the kind of shit that'll either turn you into a deviant or completely fuck up your sex life for the rest of your life.
Nolan Sullivan
Lincoln Rodriguez
Blake Flores
Brody Morgan
I hope this isn't the autobiographical part.
Jason Johnson
Parker Rivera
This chapter has been pretty fucked up in general.
Jack Jackson
Lincoln Rodriguez
Jeremiah Hughes
So what did he do? Did he rub up against her? Did he fire too early? Why does Herbie even care?
Elijah Cooper
Should have kicked his ass, Herbie.
Luis Long
Kevin Ward
Eli Hill
And that's it for A Contract with God. Come back tomorrow for A Life Force.
Gavin Ortiz
Thanks for the storytime
Levi Diaz
Thanks for the story, OP. No better time for some Eisner, though there's never really a bad time.
Isaiah Evans
Poor guy.
Lucas Evans
Based Eisner
Jack Fisher
Bump
David Butler
Sounds like a good occasion to read it for the first time, thanks OP.
Grayson Hernandez
A great read. Apparently Eisner wrote this to help come to terms with the death of his own daughter. Thanks OP.
Ethan Hughes
Based
Ian Kelly
thanks for the storytime ! never really got into eisner's art style, but it's a smooth read
James Wilson
Eisner knew how to tell a story. Thanks OP.
Lincoln Ward
> you gonna play codds - udder ya gonna look out th' winder?
I'd read this when I was younger, but I'd never really appreciated how good the accents were until now
Brandon Bennett
but I thought he was Jewish
Jaxson Perez
Hey kid wanna /ss/?
Brayden Price
Wait, no. there's one more page of him just looking out over the cityscape. Can you post it?
Charles Murphy
Sounds good to me.
Jack Lewis
I assume that's young Will Eisner, which makes me wonder did he really experience this personally???
Liam Morales
kikes
Austin Long
so the whole book is about oy veying, drinking, fucking, and punching women? where's the genius in that?
Justin Moore
Something was misfiring, or something... erectile dysfunction? I'm not sure what was being implied here
Parker Turner
By being the first to do it well in a comic.
Thomas Harris
Idk, it looks like scribbles. Also, the humor is too seinfieldian for me
Kevin Morgan
>saxophone player
>that guy
He's a portly Jew studying to be a doctor, he's not gonna be playing hip places. That said, he's a solid dude, dating him would be a great long term investment, just not a super fun one
Isaac Lopez
Lots of American Jews can pass for white. It makes less difference nowadays anyways, Jews identify as nonwhite if it suits them though.
None of this changes how stupid Diaz's dismissive remark was, especially given that Eisner lived in a time when Jews absolutely would've been considered non white
Josiah Williams
Huh. I didn't know who this Aaron Diaz was or what his purportedly stupid comments were. And now... looking him up and what he said... holy shit.
I mean, what the fuck. Does he consider himself not white? I'd say he's a shining example of how just being a white man gets you nowhere. I certainly wouldn't have heard of this bastard were it not for this
Isaiah Reed
Great Storytime. Thanks Op!
Nathan Collins
Bump!
Cooper Howard
He’s a Chicano, working hard to fill every negative chicano stereotype.
Joshua Reed
>punching women
It’s right there user.
Jonathan Davis
Yeah, but... fucking jews man
Caleb Wilson
I don't like Aaron Diaz, but anything that ridicules the kikes is okay in my book
Luke Garcia
Meh, this last part was not needed. Much better without it.
Aiden Gray
The bottom half of this page is a great reaction image
Kayden Price
M'lady.
Leo Gray
Bello. My name is bhenyyyy. How khan ai heelb you?
Dylan Green
Fuck I forgot the image.
Bentley James
here you go my lazy friend
Isaac Anderson
Oof, that's some ruff stuff.
Luke Hall
A Life Force:
Jack Jackson
Spectacular art!
Luis Phillips
Hmm, is the moral that you shouldn't do contracts with god?
Jace Reed
That 4th panel tho :D
Jordan Baker
Beautiful black humor. Or cynicism.
Dominic Robinson
He's taking it in stride.
Charles Stewart
>kid will forever have a cuck fetish
Logan Anderson
fucking kek
Hudson Long
Either that or he has a really small willie.
Nicholas Jackson
Cheers man, thanks for the storytime! Also, checked.
Lucas Ward
Cause I like it.
Evan Williams
No kid, don't do it!
Adam Evans
Bump. We need more good comics storytimed. Thanks for this.
Jaxon Ross
Why'd you have to mention this? Now I'm gonna be pissed off all evening thinking about what kinda vapid cunt would utter such an absolutely inane statement.
Joshua Nguyen
sry, user
Hudson Price
You know I thought at first that he was trying to over-pressure the boiler.