The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

by Will Eisner, Umberto Eco (Introduction)

A work more disturbing than fiction from "the father of graphic novels" ( New York Times ). "The ultimate illustration of how absurdly comical and cancerous The Protocols has been to mankind."―Thane Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Times Book Review The Plot , which examines the astonishing conspiracy and the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion , has become a worldwide phenomenon since its hardcover publication, taught in classrooms around the globe. Purported to be the actual blueprints by Jewish leaders to take over the world, the Protocols , first published in 1902, have become gospel truth to international millions. Presenting a pageant of historical figures from nineteenth-century Russia to today's ideologues, including Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler, Will Eisner unravels and dispels one of the most devastating hoaxes of the twentieth century.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, History, Nonfiction, Politics, Jewish, Graphic Novels Comics

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

William Erwin Eisner was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Reviews

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کل ۱۲۸ صفحه کتاب تکرار یک گزاره و یک سوال بود:
۱- کتاب پروتکل‌های یهود یک کتاب ساخته و پرداخته شده توسط برخی گروه‌های روسیه و این مطلب بارها و بارها در دادگاه‌ها و.. اثبات شده.
۲- چرا با این که این مطلب بارها و بارها اثبات شده این کتاب هنوز منتشر می‌شه و طرفدار داره؟
راجه به گزاره نظر خاصی ندارم. کلی اسناد و مدارک آورده توش. جواب خود آیزنر به سوال اینه که یه عده برای رسیدن به منافع سیاسیشون لازم دارن که مردم را از یه گروه خاص بترسونن و کی بهتر از یهودیا. و البته یه جوری این جواب ساده‌انگارانه رو می‌ده که معلومه خودش هم قانع نشده.
نقطه ضعف بزرگش این بود که یه جاهایی دقیقا انگار کتاب تاریخی پر سندی رو داشتی می‌خوندی که یه نفر گوشه برگه‌هاش یه نقاشی متحرک کشیده. طبیعتا مهم‌ترین نقطه قوت این کتاب طراحی‌های خوب آیزنر بود و دیدن دوباره سبک خاصش تو کمیک کشیدن. آها این هم جالبه که این دفعه (با توجه به سابقه‌ش) خیلی تقوا به خرج داده بود و هیچ نکته منشوری نداشت تو طراحیاش :)