Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel by Paul Levitz National Jewish Book Award Winner because Abe is Jewish and

because Abe is Jewish and Willie is black

and chocolate rugelach are pulled out of the ovens several times an hour for waiting crowds

The majority of Jewish immigrants who made their way to the United States between 1820 and 1924 arrived nearly penniless

as it teeters between hilarity and hysteria

Yiddish Book Center bibliographer and editorial director

Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel by Paul Levitz National Jewish Book Award Winner because Abe is Jewish andWith Introduction by Brad Meltzer Will Eisner (19172005) is universally considered the master of comics storytelling, best known for The Spirit, his iconic newspaper comic strip, and A Contract With God, the first significant graphic novel. This seminal work from 1978 ushered in a new era of personal stories in comics form that touched every adult topic from mortality to religion and sexuality, forever changing the way writers and artists approached