The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue

Will Eisner's The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue collects the author's three seminal graphic novels—A Contract with God, A Life Force, and Dropsie Avenue—into a single hardcover volume, published by W. W. Norton in 2005. This omnibus brings together Eisner's pioneering, emotionally resonant stories of tenement life in a fictional Bronx street, spanning the early 20th century through the Great Depression and beyond. As the work most associated with Eisner's later career, the trilogy is widely regarded as a foundational text of the modern graphic novel, showcasing his mature, cinematic storytelling and deep empathy for his immigrant and working-class characters.