Day 23: Here are #3Books #ThatMadeMeUncomfortable because Joe Sacco has the power to do that to me. He is a league of his own.
Day 23: Here are #3Books #ThatMadeMeUncomfortable because Joe Sacco has the power to do that to me. He is a league of his own.
#AugustIsATrip Day 2: Sacco‘s Journalism takes the readers to #Russia, the heart of Ingushetia, to be precise, to talk to internally displaced persons who are given choices between the proverbial devil and the deep blue sea. My full review of this disturbing and viscerally affecting graphic journalistic reportage here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-alD
Sacco's note: "I had to assure one editor that the background crosshatching on the second panel of the story's last page was not an effort to slip in a lot of little crucifixes."
Joe Sacco has been a graphic artist journalist for more than two decades, traveling to war torn countries and oppressive states to show the real people who are trying to survive under terrible circumstances. His reporting is powerful stuff that has been giving validity to graphic artists for some time. having it collected in one book is an incredible view into a remarkable career. Read this!