Palestine
by Joe Sacco, introduction by Edward Said
Joe Sacco's breakthrough novel of graphic
journalism is a landmark of journalism and the artform of
comics.
Based on several months of research and
an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the
early 1990s (where he conducted over 100 interviews with
Palestinians and Jews), Palestine was the first major comics
work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco, whose
name has since become synonymous with this graphic form of
New Journalism. Like Safe Area Gorazde, Palestine has been
favorably compared to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, by
Art Spiegelman, for its ability to brilliantly navigate such
socially and politically-sensitive subject matter within the
confines of the comic book medium. Sacco has often been
called the first comic book journalist, and he is certainly
the best.
you can buy this book
from:
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.palestineonlinestore.com
Related
Links
Joe Sacco's Palestine: Where Comics Meets Journalism
January Magazine interviews Joe Sacco
The Guardian interviews Joe Sacco
Village Voice interviews Joe Sacco
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