“Besides his 1940s Spirit stories and more recent graphic novels depicting American Jewish life, Eisner (1917-2005) produced instructional strips for the army and other clients. In The Plot, completed shortly before his death, he employed his mastery of the medium to once again educate readers, this time on a subject of personal concern, the anti-Semitic nineteenth-century forgery, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which purported to be a plan by Jewish leaders to take over the world. Although debunked long ago, Protocols continues to incite new generations of the gullible. By using comics to depict its true provenance as a publication of Russia’s secret police to deflect criticism of the government, Eisner hoped to effectively reach audiences most susceptible to its bigoted propaganda. If it is unlikely that the book will achieve Eisner’s intentions–those who want to believe outlandish slander may do so despite how thoroughly or vividly it is refuted–The Plot lives as a vivid confirmation of Eisner’s belief in the comics medium’s potency for simply, effectively conveying ideas.”