I wasn't sure what to expect from Eisner when I first started a "A Contract With God." The title itself is a very heavy idea and given the size of the entire book I was a little put off. Fortunately when I cracked it open , I very much enjoyed myself. Eisner's status as a master was not unrequited. The illustrations where brilliant in how they took a a large action and distilled its entirety into one frame so easily. This is even more impressive with the characters themselves. In "A Contract With God," a lot of emotion is thrown around. The struggle to keep to your faith in odds of the troubled times and a self regulated life style, only to break down and give into lesser pursuits. Thats really heavy stuff to express in writing let alone in illustration. Yet, Eisner shows his expertise in a way that doesn't seem overbearing. In fact the entirety of the piece was dripping with a style that I can now only attribute to Eisner. Characters appear stilted towards their personality in a way one can immediately relate their character just by a glance. Even the text is a handwriting style, loose yet full of character and personality
