A Contract with God

(October 1978)

Baronet Publishing, 1978 Series

Published in English (United States)

Price: 4.95 USD
Pages: 196
On-sale Date: 1978
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Baronet Publishing Company
ISBN: 0-89437-035-9

Editing: Will Eisner (editor)

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Pencils: Will Eisner
Inks: Will Eisner
Letters: Will Eisner

Genre

drama

Characters

Frimme Hersh

Reprints

in Ett hus i Bronx (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) (1979)
in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)
in Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration, 1917-2017 (Dark Horse, 2017 series) (March 2017)

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in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Will Eisner
Pencils: Will Eisner
Inks: Will Eisner
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Reprints

in Ett hus i Bronx (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) (1979)
in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)
in A Contract with God (Kitchen Sink Press, 1985 series) (June 1985)
in A Contract with God (DC, 2000 series) (March 2000)
in Een contract met God (Atlas Contact, 2008 series) (februari 2008)

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Script: Will Eisner
Pencils: Will Eisner
Inks: Will Eisner
Letters: Will Eisner

Genre

drama

Characters

Frimme Hersh

Synopsis

Frimme Hersh, en route from Europe to America, writes a contract with God on a stone. He promises to live a pious, devout life, doing good deeds if God allows him safe passage to his new home. One day, having settled in his New York tenement home, Frimme finds a basket with a baby girl in it upon his doorstep. Frimme tries to raise the girl to the best of his ability, but she dies tragically from an illness at a young age. Filled with bitter rage, Frimme spits upon his contract, throws it out the window and decides to become a successful businessman.

Reprints

in Ett hus i Bronx (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) (1979)
in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)
in The Art of Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1982 series) #[nn] (1982)
in A Contract with God (Kitchen Sink Press, 1985 series) (June 1985)
in En kontrakt med Gud (Semic, 1986 series) (1986)

in En kontrakt med Gud (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) ([juli] 2006)

in אַן אָפמאַך מיט גאָט אַ גראַפישער נאָוועלע (A Contract with God : A Graphic Novella) (Lambiek, 1990 series) (1990)
in A Contract with God (DC, 2000 series) (March 2000)
in The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue (W. W. Norton, 2005 series) (December 2005)
in Umowa z Bogiem - trylogia (Egmont Polska, 2007 series) ([styczeń] 2007)
in Een contract met God (Atlas Contact, 2008 series) (februari 2008)
in Contrato con Deus (Rinoceronte Editora, 2012 series) (2012)

comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script: Will Eisner
Pencils: Will Eisner
Inks: Will Eisner
Letters: Will Eisner

Genre

drama

Reprints

in Ett hus i Bronx (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) (1979)
in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)
in The Art of Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1982 series) #[nn] (1982)
in A Contract with God (Kitchen Sink Press, 1985 series) (June 1985)
in En kontrakt med Gud (Semic, 1986 series) (1986)

in En kontrakt med Gud (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) ([juli] 2006)

in A Contract with God (DC, 2000 series) (March 2000)
in Umowa z Bogiem - trylogia (Egmont Polska, 2007 series) ([styczeń] 2007)
in Een contract met God (Atlas Contact, 2008 series) (februari 2008)

comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script: Will Eisner
Pencils: Will Eisner
Inks: Will Eisner
Letters: Will Eisner

Genre

drama

Reprints

in Ett hus i Bronx (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) (1979)
in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)
in The Art of Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1982 series) #[nn] (1982)
in A Contract with God (Kitchen Sink Press, 1985 series) (June 1985)
in En kontrakt med Gud (Semic, 1986 series) (1986)

in En kontrakt med Gud (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) ([juli] 2006)

in A Contract with God (DC, 2000 series) (March 2000)
in Umowa z Bogiem - trylogia (Egmont Polska, 2007 series) ([styczeń] 2007)
in Een contract met God (Atlas Contact, 2008 series) (februari 2008)

comic story / 55 pages (report information)

Script: Will Eisner
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Letters: Will Eisner

Genre

drama

Reprints

in Ett hus i Bronx (Carlsen/if [SE], 1979 series) (1979)
in Ein Vertrag mit Gott (Zweitausendeins, 1980 series) (August 1980)
in The Art of Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1982 series) #[nn] (1982)
in A Contract with God (Kitchen Sink Press, 1985 series) (June 1985)
in En kontrakt med Gud (Semic, 1986 series) (1986)

in En kontrakt med Gud (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) ([juli] 2006)

in A Contract with God (DC, 2000 series) (March 2000)
in Umowa z Bogiem - trylogia (Egmont Polska, 2007 series) ([styczeń] 2007)
in Een contract met God (Atlas Contact, 2008 series) (februari 2008)

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories
2. Contents
3. Introduction
4. A Tenement in the Bronx
5. A Contract with God
6. The Street Singer
7. The Super
8. Cookalein
9. A New Dimension in Story Telling

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Jan Roar Hansen
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A Contract with God (Table of Contents: 5)

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A Contract with God

(October 1978)