Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood

In this single, self-contained graphic novel from 1995, Will Eisner returns to the fictional Bronx street he chronicled in A Contract with God to trace the full, sweeping cycle of Dropsie Avenue's life—from its rural origins through waves of immigrant settlement, decay, and renewal. Published by Kitchen Sink Press, the book distills Eisner's decades-long meditation on community, urban change, and the resilience of neighborhood identity into one cohesive, poignant narrative. It stands as a capstone to his acclaimed "New York" trilogy, a masterwork of comic storytelling that uses the avenue itself as its central character.