The Will Eisner Library #0 (2000)

Seven graphic stories by a comics master A commonplace clerk turns private eye. A lifelong failure attempts a marathon. An octogenarian hit man tries to settle an old score. The seven exceptional short works range from the grim to hilarious in this graphic novel. The book displays the author’s mastery of the short story form, as well as his acute understanding of family and friendship, betrayal and redemption.