War on Gaza by Joe Sacco

Synopsis

A timely satirical broadside on Israel's genocidal campaign against Gaza by the most acclaimed comics journalist working today. Joe Sacco is well known as an unflinching chronicler of the injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people (Palestine, 1993; Footnotes in Gaza, 2010).

He continues this mission with War on Gaza, a series of graphic commentaries on Israeli’s rampage that began more than a year ago and continues relentlessly today.
Published in installments on The Comics Journal’s website, War on Gaza is a series of comics and single-panel illustrations that lay bare the naked immorality of the “war” itself and its dire and tragic consequences.

Employing his trademark combination of honesty, compassion, and dark humor, Sacco’s War on Gaza is an uncompromising critique of Israeli’s genocide and the complicity of President Joe Biden and the United States.

Features

Black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Praise for War on Gaza

"Sacco’s novella-length follow-up to 2009’s Footnotes in Gaza sounds a short but sustained scream of despair. ... it’s a bracing slap in the face of complacency."
―Publishers Weekly

"Not an easy read, but an essential, necessary indictment of political systems, military aggression, and global and personal complicity."
―Library Journal Starred Review

"A biting commentary..."
―Kirkus Reviews

"With his ever keen and incisive eye on events it’s some of Sacco’s finest work ... This isn’t easy reading, and it may not be the kind of material that you want to be experiencing in the lead-up to the holiday season, which only makes it all the more important that you do. We live in a dark and bleak timeline. We cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the moral obscenities that surround us. Essential reading."
―Broken Frontier

About the Author: Joe Sacco

Joe Sacco is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist, widely recognized as a pioneer of war reportage comics.

Here's a summary of his background and career:

Early Life & Education:

Born in Malta. Emigrated to Australia with his family at a young age before eventually settling in the United States. Graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism.

Career & Style:

Sacco is considered a leading figure in the field of comics journalism. His work combines on-the-ground reporting with the visual storytelling power of comics to document conflicts and social issues. He often immerses himself in the places he covers, spending extended periods interviewing people and observing events firsthand.

Sacco's detailed black-and-white drawings, combined with his thoughtful narratives, bring a unique perspective to complex geopolitical situations.

Notable Works:

Palestine (1996): This groundbreaking work chronicles Sacco's travels and experiences in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s, offering a firsthand account of the Palestinian perspective.

Safe Area Goražde (2000): Based on his time in Bosnia during the Bosnian War, this book explores the lives of people in a besieged enclave and the struggles they faced.

Footnotes in Gaza (2009): This ambitious work delves into a little-known incident in the 1956 Gaza Strip, investigating the complexities of historical memory and the impact of violence.

Paying the Land (2020): Sacco explores the impact of resource extraction and climate change on Indigenous communities in Canada in this more recent work.

Awards & Recognition:

Sacco's work has received numerous awards, including the American Book Award for Palestine and the Eisner Award for Safe Area Goražde.

He was also awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001.

His work has been translated into 14+ languages and has been influential in shaping the field of comics journalism.