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A Family Matter is a 1998 graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner.

Plot/Premise

A family comes together for the birthday of the ninetieth birthday of its patriarch. The man's children are now mostly fully grown and middle-aged, and are using the gathering to curry favor with him. Old grievances, rivalries and resentments come to the surface.^[1]

Cast

AL - Oldest son, works at a bar. The Family haven't seen him for ten years.
Greta - Oldest daughter, takes care of the father after his stroke have him in a wheelchair.
Molly and Charlie - Married with two kids named Sherry and baby, Molly is a daughter in the story.
Selena - Young daughter, work at a Marylou Boutique.
Leo - Son and Lawyer.
Sammy - Young nephew and in therapy.

References

^ Kane, P.P.O. (January 23, 2011). "A review of A Family Matter by Will Eisner – Compulsive Reader". compulsivereader.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.

Will Eisner

Books

Fiction	A Contract with God (1978) Life on Another Planet (1983) The Dreamer (1985) New York: The Big City (1986) The Dreamer (1986) The Building 1987 A Life Force (1988) To the Heart of the Storm (1991) Invisible People (1993) Dropsie Avenue (1995) A Family Matter (1998) Last Day in Vietnam (2000) Fagin the Jew (2003) The Name of the Game (2003)
Non-fiction	Comics and Sequential Art (1985) Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative (1996) The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (2005)

Characters

The Spirit	Spirit Ebony White Ellen Dolan Octopus
Other	Black Condor Blackhawk Doll Man Flame John Law Lady Luck Mr. Mystic Sheena, Queen of the Jungle Uncle Sam Wonder Man

Publications

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