Joe Sacco

In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States he started writing and drawing Palestine, which combines the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the …

Em 'Uma História de Saravejo' o fio condutor é Neven um sujeito à beira da loucura e um tanto explorador personificando uma cidade destruída física e moralmente pela guerra. Todas as nuances do conflito são fornecidas pela multifacetada origem étnica e religiosa da cidade podendo colocar o leitor a par da complexidade …

Joe Sacco é conhecido no meio dos quadrinhos por combinar narrativas próximas do documental aliadas a desenhos preto e branco. Este trabalho traz as suas impressões da cidade de Gorazde na Bósnia durante a guerra. Ele mostra como os moradores do lugar conseguiam sobreviver durante a ocupação sérvia. Para tanto …

Safe Area Goražde is a journalistic comic book about the Bosnian War, written by Joe Sacco. It was published in 2000. The book describes the author's experiences during four months spent in Bosnia in 1994–95, and is based on conversations with Bosniaks trapped within the enclave of Goražde. Sacco combines the oral …

Rafah, a town at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, is a squalid place. Raw concrete buildings front rubbish-strewn alleys. The narrow streets are crowded with young children and unemployed men. Situated on the border with Egypt, swaths of Rafah have been reduced to rubble. Rafah is today and has always been a …

Notes from a Defeatist is a collection of short journalistic comics by Joe Sacco. It was published in 2003.

Palestine is a graphic novel written and drawn by Joe Sacco about his experiences in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in December 1991 and January 1992. Sacco gives a portrayal which emphasizes the history and plight of the Palestinian people, as a group and as individuals.

O livro é a viagem que Joe Sacco fez ao Oriente Médio, entre 91 e 92. Durante dois meses ele coletou histórias nas ruas, nos hospitais, nas escolas e nas casas de refugiados, onde ele fez mais de 100 entrevistas com palestinos e judeus.