Footnotes in Gaza
By Joe Sacco
2009
Available now from Islington Libraries
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Of all his books so far - this is Joe Sacco's biggest, most sprawling and most ambitious. If you've encountered his work before then you will know what to expect: built to resist all but the most assiduous readers this is a comic that requires diligence, patience and hard work: but for those ready to surrender and commit this is meticulous researched sledgehammer journalism that will crack you hard in the head. Unfurling slowly with testimony from soldiers to widows to school-kids: all combining to create a patchwork of life in a war zone - this is a gut-wrenching experience that attempts to reveal how 111 Palestinians died way back in 1956. With unflinching artwork that darts around from unexpected angles and enforces the human beings hidden behind the statistics: this is a commanding book that demands that you sit up and pay attention.
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Links: Comics Journal Interview with Joe Sacco, Tearoom of Despair Article: Sacco And The Hole Truth.
Further reading: Palestine, Waltz with Bashir, Kiki de Montparnasse, DMZ.
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