Will Eisner's career spans the entire history of comic books from the formative days

of the 1930s, through the 1940s when

he revolutionized narrative sequential art with his internationally famed series,

THE SPIRIT, to his mature work which, beginning in the 1970s, led the field in the creation of the contemporary graphic novel form.

In addition to his award-winning graphic novels, he is the author of the influential study Comics and Sequential An.

If YOlid I,ike 10 leam more "bOI~I, Will lOi.I11"", ~)isit his websile al t",mu,willdsner. com,

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to Ann, my wife and loving companion. Her caring, wisdom, perspective and unflagging support during our years of journey together carried me through the many creative storms along the way.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My gratitude to Dave Schreiner, who edited this book and persevered with me through the painful revisions.

His judgment is unfailingly dependable.

My thanks also to Cat Yronwode, who once again provided me with priceless editorial advice as generously as she had in many of my former works.

DC COMICS

Jenette Kahn, President & Editor-in-Chief • Paul Levitz, Executive Vice President & Publisher Dale Crain, Reprint Editor. Georg Brewer, Design Director • Arnie Brockway, Art Director Richard Bruning, VP-Creative Director' Patrick Calcian, VP-Finance & Operations Dorothy Crouch, VP-Licensed Publtshlng s Terri Cunningham. VP-Managing Edit.or

Joel Ehrlich, Senior VP-Advertising & Promotions • Alison Gill, Exec. Director-Manufacturing Lillian Laserson, VP & General Counsel • Jim Lee, Editorial Director-WildStonn

John Nee, VP & General Manager-WildStorm • Bob Wayne, VP-Direct Sales

To the Hearl of the Storm © 1991 by WHI Eisner. Published by DC Comics, 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. The stories, characters, and incidents featured "ill this publication are entirely fictional. Printed on recyclable paper.

Printed in Canada.

DC Comics. A division of Warner Bros. - A Time Warner Entertainment Company.

Visit our website at www.dccomics.com.

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ISBN 1-56389-679-6

First DC Comics printing September 2000

Introduction

1 grew up in the safety of America during the brewing of the storm that culminated in World War II. It was a voyage through a time of social awakenings and pervading concern with economic survival. At the same time, one could hear the rumblings and feel the shock waves from the distant Holocaust.

When I began work on this book, T intended to deliver a narrowly focused fictional experience of that climate, but in the end, it metamorphosedinro a thinly-disguised autobiography. In such a work, fact and fiction become blended with selective recall and result in a special reality. I came- to rely on the truthfulness of visceral memory.

Perhaps the most indelible of my memories of those years was the insidious prejudice that permeated my world. Revisiting it brought me to the realization that primal prejudice has different meanings. To other than whites, it is racism; to the ethnically different, it is nationalism; to Jews it is anti-Semirism.

This book, completedi n the ni netieth year of [he Twen tieth Century, documents my coming of age into the dawn of what is generally regarded as a new era. From its beginnings, the United States managed to sustain and ad vance the dream of cultural and racial integration. The United States I i Ices to see itself now as the world 's champion of h uman righ ts, T n these times, more African Americans unapologetically describe themselves by the color of their skin; Hispan ics proudly display their culture and language, and young Jews boldly appear in the streets wearing a badge of their faith, the yarm u Ike. There are acknow Iedged civil righ ts, anti -discri m ination laws, interfaith forums, inrerrnarriage, and a vigilant free press chat quickly publicizes racial incidents ..

Whether all this is proof of a new prejudice-free world, or simply evidence chat the same old hatreds are still within us, is arguable. J cling to the hope [hat kids growing up today can 110 longer easily assume a social superiority with its license to discriminate.

But, just in case this view is not too sanguine, I share with you my journey. To the Heart of the Storm.

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Florida, 1990

t-r WAS A T'IMEOFrHUNDERAND LIGHTNING. IHEWAR "THAT HAD RAVAGED EURoPE '5INC~ 1939 NoW ENGULFED AMERICA. THEf<E WORLD WAR.:tc 5E1 IN MOIION THf DRAFTING OF liS eliitENS FOR.

MILiTAI<.'Y SERVICE * )'OUNG ME-N ~EG 15-r5RED WITH -rHEIR LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS.

fI-lEf<E ""-HEY ~"'~~~-"'B

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FOR Se.r<VI CE • -rH05E '5e LEereD WEr<E 101..0 ,0 I<EPOF<i ,0

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COMMANDE.EJ<ED FOR GHIPPING 50LDIEf<5iO UNANNOUNcED P&51INATION5.

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WHY YOUR FAIHeR PICKED Tl-ll::, NEIGHBORHOOD 10 LIVE

IN 1 DOI,tr KNOW",MOf"LY 11'AL!AN~,1RI~HeR?, AND 60D ONLY kNOWS, WHAT ELSE ON THI~ BLOCK," -SO BE VE~'/ CAREFUL ON THE t;11<E€r/ '" L.oolC AFreR 'You R. L..11116 BROfHC{<..!

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WITH A SU .. ENCE iHAT LOOKfD LIKe A SOSM1~SION.

AFiER. ALLI WHEN FACED WITH ~ A PUMa FoRce THEI<E:

IS ONLY ON.E 'NA.'/ To DeAL WITH IT.

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S,O,VJHAT KINO SAirS'PACTioN WJLL'YOU HA\,fE ?!

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WHAT LE~~ON? I CA'j'T fV\OVe OUT , .. !IVE 60T

ALEA~E

rfe/2.E !

WE ARE 6iucI<

'v'JJTH eACH 01MER1 loNy/

;0 ... '/OUILL HA'JE To COME BACK t\lERY OA'I To BI:AT ME UP!! fOJ<.WHA1? ... :x: A~K

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WHAJ F/6HT'?

AAH I FANNI E ...

:t PROMI~rD ToNY YaU1L. BRING OVER saME OF YOlJR 6erILTE Ff5H ON

FRI DA'/ ... WO U ID 'IOU 8E.~JeVE THEY NEveR EVEN HeARD OF IT?t!

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." 0Ef11NG ALONG IN 1~'.s WOf<LD IS WHAT coul'Jr~! BE./...!EYe ME J r I<NO'N".YOLJ MU 9'" u5e your<. ~EA D "

FROM Now O~L '{ouR. NAME I~ PEre It. THA,S A BE1-reR NAME

PaR ARouND HERE f

vou A GrzeEK OR \/'.JOT? SO WHAT kiND A I<ELIGION IS 6f<fEK? AND

WHICH I~ 'IER BUDDY, "THERE' ?

'" HEY, ,

CON51DeRIN

WHAi HITl.ER I? OOIN' 10

,{ouR peoPLE O\lER THERE I r BEl YOLJf<E" IT'~IN' 10 "el/Nfo COMBAT;

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... NO ANC; WEI<. !.'" ~ ~MM ""Mf-; 'NE GoT HEf<e ONEOF= iHeM QUfef' -r\jPE~. ,,,1H)Nk; H5'5

SUPER)OR/

WAN"r-ro COME OVEr<. 10 MY Hou.;e ? \NE CAN wATcH SHIPS IN!H& BAY FROM MY FA-rHE~'5 BOAI'IARD!

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1'M PLlT'llN6 fHe BAE3'{ IN 1He FRO~T HALL ,,:XU

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IS 1HE r! I CAU~~.

HEr<'E J~ AM "ERICA,

-tcc ;EE Na'T'}-lfN6 ... IT1~ ALL PEACE AND Pi<OSPE:R1TY.

A 60LOEN L~ND WITH A RDIIING

COf<E IN 6ERMANY IT ISJ'US-r ee61NNJNG .. ,IHERE we CAN NOW

SEE THE-CLAt;S STRUGGLECLEARL'f ••• SOCIAL DeMoCRAT?, COMMUNISi6 J SOC(ALI'ST51 NAtIONAL SOC/ALl6i5 ALL FI6Hf/NG fOR POWEIZ...'

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MoMMA DIED

145 LeFT -rrle FAMI L'i SEI·Ht-JD IN GEf(MANY

To COME ON O\!e-r4 HS"f.'e /

so ... wHY 00 so;, He FeeL.. ';'0 6AD?

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LUC","'Y FOR'fOLJ I CAME SACK! MY M01HEf< -rHINKS 'IOU GuYS :;10LE

riEl<. BABY ... f,HE WANT'5 10 CALL -rHE POI..ICe.,,6u1 OFCOURSE I

kNOW you weRe ~"dIJr, ONL'Y PLA'/'N I .,,1<16HT?

your< OLPES'" SoN weNT ofF- W"H HI6 6!RL~FRrEND AND LEFT JHE BABY DoWNsrArRs,,:rrlo~e BUMS fROM Do-NN THE BLOCK

-rOOK -rHE" CARRIA6E Wr1ri ~e BABY IN I. AND pt.A~eD GAME5 If

L.UCK'i FOR U6 ONLY 50ME 50AT6

SURNED ... AND THe MAIN HOU~E 1'5 O)<A,/ ... RJPPA GAYS I) \NAS NoT A VERY PROFE:5c;,IONAL :SoB!

-rrlfY1<E A~TrseMitIc 5VMBoLS! Irle NA1ioHAL $OCIALf'1,1s USc IrlE:M NOW IN 6ERMANy' .. IHEy'RE ~3 IHUGS IN6A\lARIA) CALLeD NAZIS! 01-11 'IES ... OH~~s/

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" I ',:.' DO 'Iou 1J1INKlf r RfPORTfHfM 11 WiLL BE 1~e END of rr?

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A ... A I<EVOLUiiON INiHE UN,1f..D ':;fArE5 -roo? .

WHY?? ... WEVE GOT FI<EEDOM MERE: /

FgE~DOM!? I4AH '"~ HE R E You HAVE A CLA~5 ~Y'S1EM ...

AN oPPRESSION TfoIA1 WILL NEED A WORLD-WIDE REVOLUnoN To ASOLlSH!

'tHAT Ie:, WHY ALL JE:Wf, MU~1 5U PPORT OllR cAUSE ... 11S rHe/R ONL" CHANCE 10 GURV/VS!

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CAN 'You COME BACK. oN Fi<1 DAY?,.ER,We CAN '50RrA SPf:ND AF,ER ~C1100L OUT ON

T~e RAF,.,~,

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~'TocKMARKeT". I DOf\J'r UNDfRSTAI'JD EY.k.,Tt..Y". BLIT FOR

YOUR. F,ATHERiHIS eUGINE;S IS SAD.

NolAI He LOc"..,- HIS FAcroR,{u, I k:NE-W II COULDN!r L.A'l,T !!

SY"'OOVE~ 115 ALL OVER,TW

DEPRfSSION! sur peOPLe Me out of WORK.

NOBODY IS 6u\jlfo.JG!

< ... VOUl<.

FATHEr<..

I~ NOT A BU~INEt;SMANJ LET5 FAce IT II

HArL:--IoUR UNCLE/7~ J5N'j ~A\lINGiROU6Lf'

IN '·h5 PAc-roR),.

11\ BLJ1YOUR FATHeR, ..

BY HIM Irs Po are Of pl<e~SION!! ,,,HAI41 SOME EXCU5E/

'it!':,,,. AND [HE BANK HAS JLl~" CLO~eD UPl ALL ouR MONEY IS 60N~!

60 AGAIN HE1G GOING To HI~ B!<OiHER 6Y FOR Hel..p .. , \l.,lI:/LL Bf A CHARITy PbAIN /

60 EAr 'louR 5UPPER, WI LLIE." PE1E1 WAsH YOUR. HAND5."VJ'!LLIE'VOl)

60TrloMEWORK!

37

-rOMO~l<OW riLL

60 5EE MY 5 I S-reR.j ROGe!

HEg HU~eAN D HA<; A N E'v'J5 ~

PAPER 'STAND OOWN-rOWN", MAYBE HE'LL LE1 '10LJ

<5rEL.L PAPEf<S AF'e~ 5CHQOL", IT5 GOOD MONEY; I HEAR! ~_

I

,\, DONI COMPLAIN!

AI LEAS, 1'r5 NOT CJ.-IARIT'/. .. 'Iou AF<.E GOING To L fARN W~AT IT IS 10 MAKE A LIVING II, IF 'IOU/<.

FATHER WA5N'r SUCH A BIG 5~oT, HE'D Do HoUSE PAlNl1NG WHERE HE REALLY BELONGS!

NEW YORI<: ~18g0*

MY FATHER; ISAAC \A/oLr:./ CAME To AMERICA .. .I DON',

REMEMBER WHEN EXACTlY. .. COULD BE 1680,,, ITS NOT IMPORTANT. ..

He CAME P'ROM RUN'AN/A AND HE BROUGHT WlfH HJM

~~- HIS WIFE A~D THEIl<. THR~e CHILDReN: IRVINc;" MIKE, AND ROSE.

ISAAC BECAME ATAA\}ELLJNG 5ALfSMAN, HE WAS ALWA'IfJ AWAY FROM HOME. OHI FOR. HIM tHAT WAS FJNE.HE,ALL IrlE rIME/ LIKED To MAKE NEW FRIENDS,,,

ESPECJALL'I LADl ES.

BUT ISAAC'S WIfE DieD/OF -rHf FLU/ I "THINK .,. WHlCH IN ""tHOSE DAYS WA5 \)ER."I COMMON // B'I THEN ISAAC WOL.F WAS 70 '1eAf<..'5 O/..D.

:;'0, RIGHT AWAY ISAAC Wf.tJT BACK To RUMANIA TO MARRY HISWIFEI6 YOUNGER 5!STER AND BF<OU6~T HER OVER. NOT oNL'{ WA':J IT IHE RI6HT IHIN6 To DOACCORDIN6 10 OUR CLJS'-oM - BUI HE NEEDED SOM~ONE To TAKE CA~E of HIS 1<ID5 f

r400-HAH!, .. FAr!1ER WAS A VI60ROU5 MAN FOR HIS

AGE '" '50 ON THE BOAT - COMING OVER WITH HI'5 NEW WIFE.

I WAS eORN ! I

B'y' iHE TIME ISAAC WOL.F REACHED gO/M)' Mo1H=R HAP TWO MORE- CHILDREN BY HIM. WE DIDNIT GEe HIM MUCH. HE- JU5T CAME HOME To MAKE SABIE5 - J,..ITiLE ELSE. IT 5EfMEDTO

Me HE DIDN'T GET OLDER Llkf OTrlf:R MEN. SOON/THERE WERE

SlX KIDS IN THE HOUSE, .,IRVING, MI/<EtAND l<o.:;E FROM HIS FIRST WIFE AND MEl GOLDie/AND BOSSY FROM THE NEW ONE.

MOTHER WAS A SICKLY WOMAN AND -rAKJNG CAI=2E OF

ALL IHOSE: ~ID<$ wAS KILLING He::r<...

ON MY TENTH BIRTHDA'Y; MY MOTHeR DIED.

60 "THE FAMILY BROKE APART. IHEREWERE NO R.F:LA1ivES To

'TAKE Us IN. EVERY-

BODY HAD THEIR OWN TROUBLfS

IN IHoSE DA'r'S.

~E ot~~t!~e ". ~

SMARTEST GOT A SOB HELPING OUT1CLfPHONE MEN 50 HE COULD KEeP GOING To 5CHooL.

HE WAS ve;<y VeRY INDEPENDENT so RIGHT AWAY HE GOT

A ROOM FOR HJM5eLF,

MY GOP,~.WHAT

AM. r GOING 1"0 DO WITH

'iOU?!

LEFr 6CHOOL EARLY AND WEN) fOWORK As A WA liER , HE WAS SICKLY AND A

WEAk PER50N.

ROSE

WAS NOW ALL

\NE HAD!.' THERE WAS No CHOICEIfI IT WAS HER OR 'THE Sfr<.ffTs ~

ROSE WAt5A '5r~ONG PERSON. SHE COULD ALWAYS -rHINK QUICf(ER THAN EVERYONE.' SO, FIf<'Jt :;Hf pur BOBBY -rHE ,/OUN0ES1 OUT. SHE PAjD A FAMIL'iloTAKf HIM IN •..

... WHICH DIDN1- LAST LONG

! CAN IELL 'YoLl !! \JEr<Y SOON .. ,.,'." ....

HE RAN AWAY .. LlvrNG,GOD kNOW5 vJHERE;If'JTHf SrgEEIS WITH BUMS AND WORSE!

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111i1t=N 6HE PLACE:D GOLDIE WITH A CHARITY",1 DON'T REMEMBER WJ.f{CH OR \NHAI REU610N/EVEN. BUTTHEY GAVE HER A PLACE To SLEEP AND

WHAT-rO fAT.'! FOR -rHI~ SHE HELPED our WlfHiHEOLO PEOPLe.

ME'/5HE LET LIVE WITH HER! f<06E WORKED B'/ DA'I IN C;IEGEL1S FAC,OR'I AND lOOK

HOME PIEceWORK ATNIGHT. I HELP~D our PICKING UP YARD 60005 AND DELIVERING THE

flNI6HED \fJORK FOR HER..

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s.rr R06E WAS LOO\<fN6i fORA MAN!! ~HE WAs A vERY GOOD LOOKING GIRL WITrJA NICE FIGUR~. MEN NOTiCED HER!

",,ALSO 5HE WA~ VERY FORWARD! ·:;HE kNEW

wHAT 'SHE WANTED)!

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5Hf: COULD

PICk AND CHOo;e.

/<:osr:1 WHY

DID you SHOW

HIM iHE DOOR?

H5 t;;e6MED NICe,

THEN, ONE:

DA'y. ..

F'ANNIE, rWANT '{ou 10 Mf!:1

lOLlIE! \jJe'RE 6E1'1"NG MARRIED; ,,,RIGHT,

LOUIE?

THE PII<S-r 'fEAR 1HEI R MARRIAGE WENT FINE,

He DIDNIT MJND1HAT

I Ll'JEDTriERE! ,,,iHE\j WOULD l<ISS R\G~T

IN FRONT

O~ ME. THEY

WERE: 'VERY

MODERN. ".:-:,,':_,

\\\6E510e~/ LOUIe MADE A SOOD

LIVING. HE HAD A ;/EADY JOB WORKING AT THE NEWSPAPER AT N!6~T-"THEN IN iHEAFfeRNoON

HE SOLD PAPERS

ON A srREET~IAND/ 50 [HERE WAS

PLEN-ry OF

MONEY.'

RoSE KEPT A GOOD ' .. :.,. HOUSE. /fWAS SO CLEAN YOU COULD EAiOFf-rHE FLOOR

ALL! WAN'" IS su~r fHAT IN MY HoUse IHIN6~ ARE DONS MV WAy! 1'5

Ti-IATfOO MjJCH To ASK?2

BurSOMETHIN0

WAC; HAPPENING

IN6fDE ROSE! THE MORE LOUIE OSE'IED HER iHE ANGR1ER SHE 60T ... WHO KNOWS W~'1 /P

'50MEIIMES

I WOU LV HEAR RO~E CR'iIN6 FOR A LON6/IME IN -rHE DAr<K .. ,

SHE WOULD srr LI Kc irlAT, ROCKING BAck AND FORTH.

M EANW~ ILEr LOUIE BECAME MORE ANOMORE 50FT. AFfER A W~ILE HE WOULDN'f AR6UE

BACK EVEN.

" ANDSOON LOUIE BEGAN

'.: 10 DRINK,LOTS.

..

DAMN 'IOU, Lou 11=, '{Ou ARE MAKJNG ME-rHI~ WAy ... , \F ONLY

'YOU'D BE A MAN AROUND HE.RS "' r WouLDN'T HAVE' 'fo . "fELL Ai you //

BUT BY IH~N Louie COuLDf\J'r

CHANGE",AND RO~E LAY AWAkE

NI6HTs\[\llTH HER lERRIBLE HEAD/

ACHES!OH1 SHE WOULD SCREAM

ALL NrGHi/.'

... ~. ~ l' I .•.. r

AND I 5PENT MY CHILDHOOD I"'THAT HOUSE.

FANNIE",lrs ~NOUGH SCHoOL F=OI< YOu NOW.'!

YOU WONT NeED IT HERe'

, •• WJTH ME HERE.' '!'DU cAN Do HOUSEWORK At-JD HELP WI7l-t MY KJDS!

GO PeDDLE 'lOUR PAPERS!!

SOON "OUILL.

LosE "YOUR REAL

:foe AT IHE.

PApE~!

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IN A F~W' YEARS I BECAME A WOMAN BEFORE MY -rIME! BESIDES HelPING ROSE, I HAD GOLDIE AND BOBBY 10 WORR'f ABOUT ... I GREyV UP FAt;T, BELIEVE ME.

DeNt 'IOU1Al" 10MfLIICE

~i~ TJ-lAT!

PL6f.."E, MR.. COH~NI ! 1M BOBS'" /5

~Is""'el< ... rLL

-rAKE HIM HOME.'

{;UMMER ' 60NfFPI GfNOOVENl

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r ~IGLJi<E:

HEI'$ ON!..""; A l<JD ". THeY ALL DO rr IN "n-ll~

RO'Tl"eN N~16HBORHOOP,

Bur 10DAY "IOU 6RADUAfE"D eH 8aYcHI/< 111

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\(eSSIR. !! TODAY HE ~;roLe 61G MON6,/ ... HE= "fOl.D CUS-rOME~5 HE WA~ MY 'SoN, .. 6A\lE 'eM MY Fi<UIT AN D KEpr l'HE

MON Ey'~~" ~AH ",A 810 liMe C:ROo~!

OH1 PLeAc;f) MR COHEN) He'~ QN!.'! ~!x.

LOOJ':, t' a PAV "IOU eAcl<,.,H8?e IS' loCENfS' 'fo t?fAR.'f !

OKAY; '-----""""--"-/ '10LJ ~1ILL owe

MeALM061A DOL !.AR •.• NEXT '1lME 1 (ALL 1He PoLIce ,',V'HeAR

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FANNIE/I'VE GOTTo TALK TO)'OUASOUT 5QMEmfN6

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YOU'RE \1 NOW/ FANNIE. 1"(6 liME '10LJ PAID .... tou« WAY

AROUND HeRE.

6ui; f<O~E, I DO ALL 'loUR t4oUSEWORK. I$Nf IHA"l '

eNouGH?

t MEAN YOUoSHOuLo BRING IN,OME NDNEV.,.

LGUIES, PAPeR I'; ON C,1RI!<f NOw.'

t'o LIKE ,0

Gel our AND WORK ... 8UT

r DON/T HAVE ENoU6H EOuCATiON.

~HE WANr5io GGIOUT!!!

DIPYouHfAR 1H~LOUIE

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NOW Dmi,.. e;e ANGI<Y ROGE ... rONLY MEANi",

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[HE MAT1e;f<. t

1. G I \IE. 'Iou A ROOPOVER.. 'lOUR. HEAP,,, WITH fOOD AND CLOTHE:S 'YEl",

I? THAT NOT 6000 eNoUeU FOR 'lou "~ 71

DONii' FI6Hf HeR, F-ANNJE-1 ~HE'LL CHEW~ou 10 6IT;/ 8ELI17Ve MS!

MA'I6E:

r CAN WOR.K.

IN A eA"e-~y "HOP,,, NoW

-rAAT'IS HI6f.taA~

H16~ CLM!1 r: 'YoU'R6 AN IGNOI2ANT GIf<L •• :"iOU'~L sew IN t;1£GE1..5 HAl FAcro~y ". M/~~ fl161-1 cLA~~ /

'Iou 60;

GOLDeNER HANDS FANNIE

HM~11

I

\Ni:LL, ! WE.N' -ro WORK IN SI£GcLS FACiORY!

'tOU KNOW, I OIDt-lT MIND ~OMUCH\ .. IT TURNE:D our .! WAC_; A PRSr1'y GOOD WOI<KER..

t1e~/FANNI[~1 'fotJ~ KID :;J6'1eR. 16 OLJ~ H~,QF- .. , MAKE 11 FA~j--

:c DONI,.. PA'1 FOt<. ;OCIAL "16fT5 /

I'H~ PO J..l cE' PICKED HIM up!

HE f<AN AWAy FROM 1Hs 'HOME'

AGAIN!

OfU./r/, l'LL LOSE AWt40LE

DA~'S PAV

FP,OMTI-}IS

II

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LADY/ -rHIC; 151He IHIf<.D IJME WE PICKED 'n-ll~ ...;OU No IUN UP/". Hf'5 A TROUBLE MAKER! ....;OU RELA.TeD?

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Now Lls1eN! BOBBY'I< -rJofEY LE-r YOU60-BUT !MU~-r Be J2E6PON~\ 6Lc

PaR you h

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80S 6'" eoSaYl

WHeRE 'NILL YoU L.IVE r

o~, Gol.Dr~ I Wi-IAr AM 1- (?OIN6fo '00

Vlf1~ You \301J-1?

1 DON1"WANf foW'ND uP A ~LA'lE LrKE 'Iou //

,I, I~

1"H~~ PLACe r MAKE' ~OODMONEY

'" AND.! 601 A ROOM por< MYGE'Lf II\J A Nice:

BOARDING HOU5E I

.

OH, RoSe.,

.

... 6086)' AND GOLDIE ARE IN T~OU6Lf AGAIN!

11~leDrO HeL.P/

l DONI,

KNOW WHAT 1'000.1' ,..~e:YWoN'" LI~ffJN

1"0 ME.'/

yOU MAI<E SUppeR.

-rONIGHT tiLL DIAPeR -rric 6A61E'S/

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MA~E3E THt:"i'LL LI~-reN 10 JJ<\IIN&", He\~ S1UD'IIN6 10 BE A ooc10[<", He SHOULD KNOW WHA, '-0 f:JA'I-ro TtleM,"'IE~, tLL GO SEE HIM!!

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o~·c

:c ~I"E ON A (A~)

j'E:WI~H BL.°CK ,', AND MY (cR.) L.ANDlADY MAI<E~ MY lUNCH,

sosr OF, .. !-I M '5'fUD)'INCZ1

MEDICINE .

. " 60lN6 To BE A DOC:rOf<. !

",You KNOW WHAfeOES ON

rrlSRE ... ~Hel?

Ju~1 AKIP!.'

I

~OOK, I ve GO'-

No1iMf:." I've 00T "'fa ~"uvy,,, MY BOARDf, Af<G DUE 10 COME-UP NEXi y.Je~I" ,,,~oRR'l!

PLEASE I FANN Ie".

BEING BOI<N PROM'THe

~AME FAiHS2. DO&5NJr CONFE12. ANySPECIAL a 8L16A,'ON ON u~ 1"'0

e~H O-rI-4ER ... I"'~ .ru~,

A BIOL..OGICAL ;1£CIDENT • ... HARDt..y ORDAIN£ AN fEMOrl Or.JA L U1-4/4...1

H!:'S .)~: l<'INoA aLlr:,\{ IN 1'}le,'r?~ ! ~eHi HeHi Hel-!

rVE- sc+ iROLJ6LES I OF MY OWN, DON'r,/OU ?E:f3 IHAT/ F'ANNIE 77

•

riM "AK"ING FA~NIE OUT io ,{ANKE~?

Foi<. A ~UPP62,

DONr- COME HOME LA're! 'IOU Gor OUF'.

-we-rWAS14

-rooo

1'0 MORROW.

FANNIE ,,;;AHEM:=

I'M 61AI?fJN6 LIP A PRACflCE INit-lE BRONX. dIAL.L Ir-IE ~\CJ..l PEOPLE A~E' MOVING Up NOW.

'Youj«.f, ,AN IG~ORANT GIRL ," 'IOU CAN HAI<DL'/ REAP AND \N!<1"rE ... 'IOU ARE , POO~ .. , You AIN'TGoT ANYONE E\JE'" TO PAY Fo.R. A DecENT KINO WeDDING.

HA~!

A D~NllAlsr ~ITt'I COLLEGE DEGRee SHe-

WjNrS lET.'

AT LEA,-r WITH M~ 'Iou GOT A PLACe!

fo4eRE I'IOU CAN LIVE wHERE '{OU ARE NeeDED.'

fH·~A~LY, I

DeCIDeD I WA'5N'r FOR HIM ,,' I TOL.D HIM HS SHOULD F"IND

oGOMEONE ELSE!

III AND HE DID,,, A 81<oNX GIRL F'~OMA GOOD FAMILY:

~O, A DeNTI~" You DIDt·i.,.... v.JANT? .. woW/! ."AND NOW" WHAT WILL

'Iou D02

you GOT A PeLL.er:<. "/'GT- OF<.

ANYTHING

"':'?

01-1, LI LL)'/ r DONI" KNOW,,,

DO)oJI,.. 6e: I

A FOOL. ,,~OU RE ').1 ... ANOLO MAID ALREADY· .,,"n-ll'S F£LLe~ If, A NICE MAN f

If.A PAINTER

fl<Ow\ '

'/JfENNA!

",AND il-fAIS flOW I MEl YOUR FATf-IER... O~ /-IE 5EEMEO A 'DECENT MAN ... HE RIGH1AWAY A~K.EO

ME ... ANOI TOOk J.1/M ,II

AHA .•. 'ELK1"oN 51ATiON .. ~!

r\O ... THAT NEW560Y 16 SUI<.~ ~US1"L..JNG ... GUE~S If~ WHAr J l"iAKE5-ro6e'U. PAPci<6!

,I

O~,NO ,/IAINj .. ,yeR

""AKIN' FIFfy AND 'lett 'LL GIMME DI<;PI..Ay.

rlels ~OADIN I ME. ,,,1 wor-ir HAve r<.OOfv\FoR VQut:J..

• .......... PAPERS, KE1L.'f,'

;:ONGiOOJ 'fOLlM6 MICK ... '1el<. D~\PPe-D

8LOOD ALL OVER MS PAPeRS!

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L. EAVE .r 10 ar Me ... ! CAN 01;;

AN INT!<.ODU1iON FOR'IOU WI"T'H

A 616 MONEY MAN KeRf,

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MR. F=A~60. weARE WORKING ONA 616 OIL DeAL.)

y.J1~U E. !

".Wel.L, DON'f BE HOMe

LAif ... YO/J\vE G,or HOME \/'JORK;'1OU KNOW"

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... 1.901' )0 HAND If 10 You PEOPLE! ... BRING.ING UP yoUR.. kiD':; 10 UNDGR~-rAND WAAi OUR GOOD OL' AMERICAN eNfERPRISE

IS ALL ABOUT ... 'fEb ~II<.E~, 608 1!

&0

PoP, PoP'" ¥J'rl.'f DIDN1~OU -ret..L . TI4AT (5 U Y We ARE 6ROJ(E ANDit4Ai5 w~y fM t5ELLING f'AP~I<S !

\jI)~Y v.JA5

rr ~ eCE,6AAy? ... IM HELPING M~, FARGO our. .. HE 15 60r OIL pl<ope~y

-:;OHG NEEDS MOiIJey 10 DRILL!

~o WHAT? "l HAve A CoU~(N WHO kNOW!; . 5'1DNE'i LEAR OF

COON5'rLEAR. SHE:

He~peD ME 10 GET A~ APPOINiMEN-r FOR MR. FAr<60!

IF HE 6EI5 A LOA.N1 ! GET A NIcE

fIN"eR~FEf.

C;OI t'M IN , FINANcE!.

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,I, '-NILLI~I LOOK r MADE: FI<OM MY 01..0 ONE5/GLOVE5 FOR 'IOUf<. NeW5PAPE~ eUs,INESS.

6e8, :r CU1' ol=F

"n1~ FtN61:R5 50 'fou CAN PICK UP COING

BS'f-r€f<!. 10 MAKe CH.ANeE; 'iIKNOW.

eXCUSE ME ... I'M ... AI·I.,.

LOoKING For<. lrl E S/'u DIO OF H&!<R ~(t-liLLfR/ IME PAINfe/<. .. , ON SHON51RAS6E'

14J riHINK,'

WJ.ltN I CAME To VIENNA IN TI-iA-r YeAR.. IT WAS S77LL THE arv OF MUSIC, ART AND ELEGANCe.

LI!<f A MAGNET IT DREW To IT PAJN1E.RS; WRITERS AND

IN TEL L EC TUAL5 ,,,,

r LOVED IT 50",

AHH ;5HMUfL IS Ii? 'YAf-i ... 1 KNOW OF KoLLM~I" ,ONLY .J~W5 LIVE:: IHef<E ... SO,HoW DID 'IoU MANAGe. AN APPoltJrMSN'j WlrH \\[)ER ME/5i£R, 6CI-lILLER.!':;,? We PAINT REllGIOLJS DECORATIONS IN CHURcHss/ 'YI<NOW/

MV -reACHER,

H~RR BoeHM, L.IKCD MY ORAWINCSS 150

HE ENcou~A6~D M'e 1"0 COME 1"0

\JI~NNA\" ~ e \N~o-re: A ~er-(g~ TO tL~RI4.

SCHILLER,

~Ol ""OLl

ARE' "n-ie 'iOUN6 JEW ,HAT HANS BOEHM Wf<Q1e

loME ABOUT/ ... ALL RI&lk

G01'OT~ifl KrrCHt.". MY WIFE WIl../.. leu

"IOU WHM 10DOI

IN1He MO!<.NIN(; '10/AL cHOP WOOD FOI<. -rl+e ,,'ITcH 9 N." 1}1E:N --{Ou'LL t;Weep

-rHe ~1UD10,

~etJ .. , IN'THe AFiEI<NOoN '10U -rAKE CARE OF'TriS eAByWHILa I cooK 5UPPER.!

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ARROGANT PIG iu ! SA'I y.JeTeAcH HIM A LGS50N ... DE~1f«)Y-me t;1LJDIO r i »

BUf2N IT

t;t?wN, AIII1:UIFIIIIW

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AC~",YOiJ'Re GOOD", Ir LOol<~ 60 REAL ,,,'5CHILLER VIlLI. I(ILL US WHEN He F=INDt5 OUT ... EH,SHMUEL!

-:'CHILLGg .. , $CH1L/...eR, PLEAf:te-!

CO ME 1"'0 BeD NOW! .. ,YOtiVE HAD ,00 MUCHWJNE!

so ·'(1-11<;

liMe/PeRI-lAP:', ""OUWILL LET ON~ OF 'lOuR. ApPi<EI'-JIICG':; riel..P'Iou To ~e?lo~s I;: •.

... N/CH7"??

IRA?H? ",OH,6UT WHAf OF

"'r~e vJORK OF KLIMi AND

6UREL .. ,EH~

:r 1eLL '10IJ ",

_ l'HE' "'RUE GERMAN RACIAL puR I TY- -ro W}-IICH ALL AU'5-rRJAN~

AAe REALLY !<ELATe 0 - IS IN DANGER !,'!

LOoK. UPNOR1~ 1/ IN GERN\ANY".,ALREADY iHEge 15 Ar<I~ING A

"TRUE AR.YAN CON'S C I ou~ N E'SS ! l1"'5 IN tHe ""IN D.

8E'51Of:6, 'SINCE 'THe FLY EPI50oE, 5CHILLeF<. l'5 A CHANGEP MAN. HE

.,...~EATS ME. We. L.L '" iet«

M~ PAINT.

co-lou '1HINK. WG Wa.L 611 {,i/LL. vos: -rHAr MlJcH LONGfr<.. ?? l' "fEL.L 'IOU WE A~E ON iHE BRINK OF WAf< !!

A'I{,,~OW CAN ..,ou ee So BLiNDJ SHMUeL !! G~RMAN'I ALJ<eADy

HAS 1~o MIL.LION Mt:'N UNoeR ARM5! ANo",.L-le:RE IN AU51"1<1A. WE- A~ eU/L.DING UP 'TH~ A'R.MY -roo! "THey ~A'f ONE-MiL-/..JON ';OL.DJeFZ'3 !

I ,ArI, fI<A~'Z, IM NO! BLIND \J1~NtJA WJLL/lL¥lAYs - SE VIENNA ,", ALL ! WAN1J51O PA!N'!.,,60 -roli-1e CAFE', 'SMOKE A CIGARE11'G; HAVE A COFree- wrrrl ~!J6A~

~.tlill~ ANO ~OME GOOD

CON'VtR.t;ATlON/

ARc"'Du~e FERDINAND _BAS seEN A5SAS~/NA-re.D

I(f ~ARAJE"o J

lAM GOING

10 JOIN uP Ai

ONCr:.!

AN01i1e;z. cOFFE~ AND A Ll11L& ~'I1NAPP61 MA'XLE!

Your<. WORK. 5HOW5Ii .•. SUi" NO MAi"-re:R ... I I-+A\'e NeW'S FOF<'iou.

-rHI~ I~ oUR..

L.AST COMMI~SION FORA WHILE- 6(;cAU5E OF'lHEj WA.R/.

CHURCHES Ai<E' NOT

BUYING NOW,

M'I60{;

OUI<WORLD 1$ CrlAN6IN6.

"I ART" (S NOT WHAT If WAS! .. ,NoW ITsALL

! MPf2 E55! ON 15M; ... CU6IosM I ~-rf:l.K.-(JOH) (jor1KNOW~ WHA-r/