Dropsie Avenue
| Dropsie Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1995 |
| Series | The Contract with God Trilogy |
| Creative team | |
| Creator | Will Eisner |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | A Life Force (1988) |
Dropsie Avenue is a 1995 graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner. After A Contract with God (1978) and A Life Force (1988), it is the third volume in the Contract with God trilogy.
Plot
There is an overarching plot but no clear single arc except that of the life-cycle of a neighbourhood, its deterioration and renewal. In the form of chronicles, most tales only last few pages, however there are multiple core characters whose stories are spread throughout. The chronicles tell about life, problems, and solutions about inter-ethnic and other socioeconomic relations of residents of Dropsie Avenue in New York City. One common plot revolves around 'old' residents bemoaning the arrival of 'newer' residents and frictions caused by it.
Publication
References
- ^ Royal 2012, p. 212.
Works cited
- Royal, Derek Parker (2012). "Dropsie Avenue". In Beaty, Bart; Weiner, Stephen (eds.). Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes and Superheroes. Salem Press. pp. 212โ215. ISBN 978-1-58765-865-5.
Further reading
- Royal, Derek Parker (2011). "There Goes the Neighborhood: Cycling Ethnoracial Tensions in Will Eisner's Dropsie Avenue". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 29 (2): 120โ145. S2CID 145161547.
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