Comic Books and Graphic Novels
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Joe Sacco Biography & Criticism
The Comics of Joe Sacco: journalism in a visual world by Call Number: PN 6727 .S14 C66 2015ISBN: 9781496802217Publication Date: 2015
Joe Sacco Bibliography
Major works by Joe Sacco in the U-M Library collection. For others, do an author search in the Library Catalog for Sacco, Joe.
War's End: profiles from Bosnia, 1995-1996 by Call Number: PN 6727 .S23 W37 2005 (Shapiro)ISBN: 1896597920Publication Date: 2005
Joe Sacco Multimedia
- Joe Sacco: Galvanizing Social Justice Through ComicsVideo of a conversation with Joe Sacco as part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series. January 19, 2017, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.
- Joe Sacco Interview: Paying The LandLegendary comics journalist Joe Sacco has spent his life as a witness to the world. For his newest book, Paying the Land, he spent time with several Dené First Nations communities in what is now Canada’s Northwest Territories. He spoke with Sarah Mirk of The Nib on his years spent researching, writing, and drawing the 272-book, which delves into difficult topics such as the terrible history of residential schools, legacies of colonialism, and current debates over who benefits from mining and fracking.
About Creator
Joe Sacco is a cartoonist and journalist, best known for his journalistic comics work from conflict zones such as Palestine and Bosnia.
Joe Sacco Articles
A selection of journal articles about Joe Sacco and his works. To find more, search in Library Articles Search for Subject:Joe Sacco, limiting to articles from scholarly journals.
- Critique, Caricature, and Compulsion in Joe sacco’s Comics JournalismRosenblatt, Adam, and Andrea Lunsford. The Rise of the American Comics Artist: Creators and Contexts (2010): 68-89.
- Discordant discourses: history and journalism in the graphic novels of Joe SaccoKavaloski, Joshua. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (2018): 1-18.
- Framing human rights: comics form and the politics of recognition in Joe Sacco's Footnotes in GazaScherr, Rebecca. Textual Practice 29.1 (2015): 111-131.
- Framing refugee time: perpetuated regression in Joe Sacco's Footnotes in GazaShay, Maureen. Journal of Postcolonial Writing 50.2 (2014): 202-215.
- Graphic Geopolitics: An Interview with Comics Artist Joe SaccoHolland, Edward C., and Carl T. Dahlman. Geopolitics 22.1 (2017): 204-214.
- Hermeneutic flashbacks: building the narrative space in Joe Sacco’s Safe Area GoraždePurba Chakraborty & Rashmi Gaur (2021). Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 12:5, 1066-1079
- Joe Sacco's Australian StoryWhitlock, Gillian. Life Writing 14.3 (2017): 283-295.
- Mediating distant violence: reports on non-photographic reporting in The Fixer and The PhotographerOrbán, Katalin. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 6.2 (2015): 122-137.
- The new slow journalism of the moral draughtsman: Joe Sacco's coverage of state sanctioned sexual violenceCox, Sandra. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 9.3 (2018): 195-213.
- Perspectives on palestine: Architecture and narrative in Joe Sacco's Footnotes in GazaMather, Jeffrey. ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature 47.4 (2016): 175-186.
- The postcolonial Joe SaccoHodapp, James. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 6.4 (2015): 319-330.
- Public Conversation: Joe Sacco and W.J.T. MitchellChandler, Jim. Critical Inquiry 40.3 (2014): 53-70.
- Reading footnotes: Joe Sacco and the graphic human rights narrativeSalmi, Charlotta. Journal of Postcolonial Writing 52.4 (2016): 415-427.
- The translator as an activist: reframing conflict in the Arabic translation of Sacco's Footnotes in GazaDubbati, Barkuzar, and Haneen Abudayeh. The Translator 24.2 (2018): 147-165.