אַן אָפמאַך מיט גאָט אַ גראַפישער נאָוועלע (A Contract with God : A Graphic Novella)

(1990)

הקדמה (Introduction) (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

וויל אייסנער (Will Eisner)

Letters

typeset

אַן אָפמאַך מיט גאָט (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 59 pages (report information)

Script

וויל אייסנער (Will Eisner)

Pencils

וויל אייסנער (Will Eisner)

Inks

וויל אייסנער (Will Eisner)

Letters

וויל אייסנער (Will Eisner)

Genre

drama

Characters

פרומער הירש (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

• from A Contract with God (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) (October 1978)