Reportajes

by Joe Sacco, Marc Viaplana Canudas; (Translator)

A first for the world's greatest cartoon reporter, a collection of journalism, including articles on the American military in Iraq that have never been published in the United States Over the past decade, Joe Sacco, "our moral draughtsman" (Christopher Hitchens), has increasingly turned to short-form comics journalism to report from the sidelines of wars around the world. Collected here for the first time, Sacco's darkly funny, revealing reportage confirms his standing as one of the foremost war correspondents working today.In "The Unwanted," Sacco chronicles the detention of Saharan refugees who have washed up on the shores of Malta; "Chechen War, Chechen Women" documents the trial without end of widows in the Caucasus; and "Kushinagar" goes deep into the lives of India's untouchables, who are hanging "onto the planet by their fingernails." Other pieces take Sacco to the smuggling tunnels of Gaza; the trial of Milan Kovacevic, Bosnian warlord, in The Hague; and the darkest chapter in recent American history, Abu Ghraib. And on a mission with American troops—pieces never published in the United States—he confronts the misery and absurdity of the war in Iraq.Among Sacco's most mature, accomplished work, Journalism demonstrates the power of our premier cartoonist to chronicle human experience with a force that often eludes other media.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Comics, Journalism, History, War, Politics

200 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2011

About the author

Joe Sacco was born in Malta on October 2, 1960. At the age of one, he moved with his family to Australia, where he spent his childhood until 1972, when they moved to Los Angeles. He began his journalism career working on the Sunset High School newspaper in Beaverton, Oregon. While journalism was his primary focus, this was also the period of time in which he developed his penchant for humor and satire. He graduated from Sunset High in 1978.

Sacco earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1981 in three years. He was greatly frustrated with the journalist work that he found at the time, later saying, "[I couldn't find] a job writing very hard-hitting, interesting pieces that would really make some sort of difference." After being briefly employed by the journal of the National Notary Association, a job which he found "exceedingly, exceedingly boring," and several factories, he returned to Malta, his journalist hopes forgotten. "...I sort of decided to forget it and just go the other route, which was basically take my hobby, which has been cartooning, and see if I could make a living out of that," he later told the BBC.

He began working for a local publisher writing guidebooks. Returning to his fondness for comics, he wrote a Maltese romance comic named Imħabba Vera ("True Love"), one of the first art-comics in the Maltese language. "Because Malta has no history of comics, comics weren't considered something for kids," he told Village Voice. "In one case, for example, the girl got pregnant and she went to Holland for an abortion. Malta is a Catholic country where not even divorce is allowed. It was unusual, but it's not like anyone raised a stink about it, because they had no way of judging whether this was appropriate material for comics or not."

Eventually returning to the United States, by 1985 Sacco had founded a satirical, alternative comics magazine called Portland Permanent Press in Portland, Oregon. When the magazine folded fifteen months later, he took a job at The Comics Journal as the staff news writer. This job provided the opportunity for him to create another satire: the comic Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy, a name he took from an overly-complicated children's toy in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

But Sacco was more interested in travelling. In 1988, he left the U.S. again to travel across Europe, a trip which he chronicled in his autobiographical comic Yahoo. The trip lead him towards the ongoing Gulf War (his obsession with which he talks about in Yahoo #2), and in 1991 he found himself nearby to research the work he would eventually publish as Palestine.

The Gulf War segment of Yahoo drew Sacco into a study of Middle Eastern politics, and he traveled to Israel and the Palestinian territories to research his first long work. Palestine was a collection of short and long pieces, some depicting Sacco's travels and encounters with Palestinians (and several Israelis), and some dramatizing the stories he was told. It was serialized as a comic book from 1993 to 2001 and then published in several collections, the first of which won an American Book Award in 1996.

Sacco next travelled to Sarajevo and Goražde near the end of the Bosnian War, and produced a series of reports in the same style as Palestine: the comics Safe Area Goražde, The Fixer, and the stories collected in War's End; the financing for which was aided by his winning of the Guggenheim Fellowship in April 2001. Safe Area Goražde won the Eisner Award for Best Original Graphic Novel in 2001.

He has also contributed short pieces of graphic reportage to a variety of magazines, on subjects ranging from war crimes to blues, and is a frequent illustrator of Harvey Pekar's American Splendor. Sacco currently lives in Portland.

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harvey Pekar taught me that comic books can be great literature. Joe Sacco taught me that a cartoonist with insight and passion can be one of the most important journalists of our time. Start anywhere in Sacco's canon and you will be drawn to read everything he has produced.

Journalism features stunning lessons about human suffering in parts of the world we know little about—subcastes in remote parts of India, women and refugees in Chechnya, and African migrants in Malta—and even those places we thought we understood well—Iraq, Palestine, and war crime trials of Serbs in the Hague. Do yourself a favor and become a devotee of Sacco's work. And help spread the word about the stories he brings to life...the stories most journalists are unable or unwilling to report.

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think Sacco's longer works are better, but the large range of places represented in this text gives you a broader and deeper feel for the insanity of the world and all its atrocities. Sacco was there, and he isn't "objective" (what's that?) and I don't care. I want journalism committed to the powerless (or at least the least powerful). Does he paint the world too black and white? I don't think so. It's nuanced, because it focuses on the people he meets... and he's IN the stories, meeting these people, and he admits his limitations, and tells you what the limitations are of his own stories. He's critically reflective. Oh, and a great artist trying to be clear and honest about what he sees. Really important journalistic cartooning (he calls it).

[Eternauta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Συγκλονιστικό άλμπουμ με τα ασπρόμαυρα καρέ να αναπαράγουν τη γκρίζα, "άδεια" ζωή των πανταχού "ανεπιθύμητων". Ο Joe Sacco ασκεί υποδειγματική δημοσιογραφία ερευνώντας το προσφυγικό δράμα σε όλες τις πτυχές του: την οικονομική εξαθλίωση και την πολιτικοστρατιωτική βία που γεννούν τις ροές, την κατασταλτική μηχανή υποδοχής που μετατρέπει τους αιτούντες άσυλο σε "κρατούμενους" ποινικοποιώντας έτσι την φυλετική τους ταυτότητα, αλλά και τις συγκρούσεις και την εκμετάλλευση στο εσωτερικό των προσφυγικών πληθυσμών.
Με φόντο τον τόπο καταγωγής του -τη Μάλτα - ο Sacco αφηγείται ταυτόχρονα και μια παράλληλη ιστορία, πολύ οικεία και στην καθ' ημάς Μεσόγειο: η ανασφάλεια των κατοίκων που βλέπουν τις γειτονιές τους να γκετοποιούνται οξύνει τον ρατσισμό. Ως χώρα πρώτης υποδοχής, η Μάλτα μεταμορφώνεται οικονομικά, κοινωνικά και πολιτισμικά στον "κάδο απορριμμάτων" για τους χιλιάδες αιτούντες που ψάχνουν μάταια το μονοπάτι για τον πλούσιο Βορρά. Η εξαθλίωση γεννά φόβο και αγανάκτηση στα εγχώρια στρώματα των προλετάριων και μικρομεσαίων, που νιώθουν να στριμώχνονται. Η παγκόσμια μηχανή που παράγει κρίσεις δεν έχει φροντίσει ακόμα για την ανακύκλωση των "απορριμμάτων" της κι έτσι η βρώμικη δουλειά γίνεται στην περιφέρεια του αναπτυγμένου κόσμου, στη Μάλτα, στο Γιβραλτάρ, στην Ελλάδα. Οι έμποροι σάρκας γεμίζουν τις τσέπες τους και οι έμποροι του μίσους τρίβουν τα χέρια τους.

[Martin Jurča · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Somebody ordered it, somebody did it, and somebody tolerated it. And all are guilty."

"Someone leans over and says, In America when someone dies, you cry. Here we have a party."

"If you work for the Americans, the Mujahadeen will kill you; If you work for the Mujahadeen, the Americans will kill you; And if you stay home, you won't earn any money."

"When African immigrants arrive here, they are welcomed by detention for up to a year and a half before being released to open centers, where they can come and go as they please."

"When the day of reckoning comes, there will not be enough lampposts for the traitorous bastards."

"Arsonists have targeted the homes or property of those considered sympathetic to the immigrants, including journalists, Jesuits, and a lawyer."

"In 2002 Malta forcibly returned more than 220 Eritreans; they were immediately imprisoned on arrival. Many were tortured, and some died from their mistreatment."

"When residents saw he way paying some of them to clean the facility, they intentionally threw garbage on the ground. The more cleaners were employed, the more it became dirty..."

"Big people. That's a euphemism for those who call the shots in the village, those who perhaps aren't so much worried that we'll glimpse the shameful poverty here as get an inkling into what a wonderful business it can be."

"Suvanti says she works for 20. Does she know that the minimum wage is 100 rupees? What is the point knowing it? Men make 100 rupees, women make 20 rupees. How does it make a difference if I know?"

"The women (and children and even men) go to the fields where the rats are, and we collect the grains that they store in their holes, and we bring them here. We go there every day."

[Ilana (illi69) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5. Not light reading by any means but very well executed drawings in a style all his own. Sacco takes a journalistic approach and delivers his visuals about war-torn countries and civilian victims of conflict in cartoon form based on photographs very much in a signature style that either appeals or repels. He includes himself in each story, relating his interactions with local men and women and families as he interviews locals surviving in terrible conditions created because of conflicts nobody can untangle anymore. Joe Sacco is a witness to sad parts of history and shows those who get literally crushed by stronger forces, made watchable because of his humorous drawings and sympathy for the downtrodden.

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[Aron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, I love Joe Sacco's work. His empathy for people comes out in both the story telling and the visual portrayal of the people he interviews. However, unfortunately, more and more I feel self-righteousness has crept into his writing. Let me explain.

In his introduction, he consciously argues that his biases are justified, in that, following Fisk, he "is on the side that suffers." Unfortunately, except for perhaps the Indian Dalits story, where there IS only one side to that story, in the others his biases are not as "pure" as he likes to think (or have us think). On the political conflicts, when it comes to Russians and Israelis vs. Palestinians and Chechens, one side is portrayed in one dimension while the other are pure victims. In particular, in the Chechen story Russians are either the evil Putin or thuggish murderous soldiers. Well yes, it's true, the Russian army pounded Chechniya into dust and Putin is kinda evil. But the Chechniyan rebels are blood thirsty mad men as well and bear equal responsibility for the suffering of their own people. So true, the Chechniyan people suffered awfully, but you can't put all the blame on the Russian soldiers or even Putin.

By contrast, despite his anti-Imperialism he still relates on a human basis to his fellow US compatriots. So while objectively the US invasion of Iraq caused far more damage to Iraqis and Iraq, than Russia's razing of Chechniya, and objectively the US had less right to intervene, you would never know it from Sacco's pieces. Sure in one of the three Iraq stories he talks about US torture, but nonetheless the picture coming out is that the US soldiers are well meaning fine young folk from Rural America put in an unfair situation by bad Bushies. There is a lot of truth in that, but that's equally true of Russian soldiers, who had to deal with crazed Chechniyan militants. And equally so for Israeli soldiers. In fact the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has even more twists and nuances but at least Sacco does try a wee bit to paint Israelis as not all having horns. Similarly, I had to read in the text of his afterward that he sympathized with the African migrants over his Maltese tribe, because I sure didn't get that feeling in the story. There he portrayed all the complexities of both sides but that didn't quite align with his self image so he had to add clarifying words, words that contradict the story he actually told.

The point is not who is "right" or "wrong" in these stories - the point is Joe Sacco follows his heart which is not always or only about "the side that suffers." He loses clarity because he relies only on his own feelings and his empathy for the people in front of him, even when that empathy is not always or only about suffering (e.g. US soldiers or his Maltese tribe). So he ends up being both inconsistent and unfair. He too easily forgets that in most human stories, suffering is multi-sided and complex, and revels in his vision of himself as a moral hero, when he has nothing personal at stake.

What Sacco does is great story telling in a comic form, sort of an ongoing memoir of his own life and people he encounters. Perhaps it's political advocacy and perhaps in some places (mostly in the Chechniyan story), it verges on propaganda. But the title of this book is just plain wrong - this isn't Journalism.

[Tanuj Solanki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the piece called 'Migration' - about African refugees in Malta. Sacco is immediate with context and has a penchant for the long 'victim interview.' But whereever the attribution of the term 'victim' is problematic, Sacco manages a beautiful sort of subjectivity, one that stays away from the dour neutrality of Western reportage (which to me is somehow the same thing as philanthropy), and also from taking sides in the literal sense.

[Manish · Rating 5 out of 5]

The non-fiction graphic novel 'Journalism' is actually a collection of reporting pieces by Joe Sacco. With images that linger in your mind long after you turn the page over, Sacco brings home the harsh realities of a number of troubled zones of the world in this collection.

The Hague War Crimes Tribunal set up in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, the Chechen crisis, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the issue of African immigration into Sacco's native island of Malta, the American occupation of Iraq and finally the oppression of the Dalits in Easter UP form the narrative pieces of this book. I wonder if any other piece of reporting on each of these topics has made such a lasting impact on me,

Irrespective of the fact that an attempt at displaying 'both sides' of the narrative has been made, it is clear that Sacco is deeply empathetic of the underdogs. My simple indicator of his supreme and honest reporting skills has been the bang-on portrayal of the Dalit communities' travails in surviving against Caste oppression and government apathy - two words that are so well understood by almost every Indian.

[Avishek Das · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original!!

[OZZY · Rating 5 out of 5]

O jornalismo em quadrinhos é um gênero que ainda me causa um certo estranhamento, acho que principalmente causado pelo fato de que a maioria dos autores desse gênero não usa a arte visual como elemento narrativo, mas mesmo assim "Reportagens" não deixa de ser um compilado intenso e relevante sobre as misérias do mundo.
De um tribunal analisando crimes de guerra dos EUA, até a casa de uma sub casta dos dalits na Índia, Joe Sacco compila em suas reportagens situações revoltantes e desesperadoras da situação do nosso mundo, que parece preso em um ciclo de violência sem fim. No fim, essa é uma leitura longe de ser prazerosa.

P. S.: Não sei se foi intencional ou não, mas Joe Sacco se retrata de maneira bem irritante, e as vezes até repugnante durante a obra, e estou mais inclinado a pensar que não foi intencional.

[Virginia Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe Sacco tells the stories that no one else will. In this book, he goes into India, Palestine, Malta, Iraq and Chechnya to tell the stories of suffering, of refugees running from their war-torn homes and families who are struggling against hunger. His illustrations are illuminating and simple. The reader gets a glimpse into all of these places I'm sure most of us will never go. This collection is heavy and heartbreaking, especially when reading on an already broken heart from recent events. How is the world still functioning?

[Aneesa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The world is horrible.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I saw good things about Joe Sacco and decided to give this one a shot. The back cover is littered with praise about how Sacco is a genius talent that must be appreciated as such. It's not that "Journalism" is bad by any stretch of the matter. Here, we have a short story collection in a graphic novel form. That is a first for me. Each story deals with a different assignment Sacco went on in his career. He reported from some of the most violent, downtrodden places; if he wasn't in a war-torn country then the author reported on such subjects, like a war-crime trial from the Hague. As we are told in the prologue, Sacco draws himself into the stories because he feels like journalism is not simply reporting from a objective, removed point of view. Since he is there asking the questions he sees himself as an integral piece of the story. This is fine, but hearing his liberal bleeding heart position on each and every subject grew old by the end of this collection. His reporting his less journalism and closer to an op-ed or in some stories propaganda. If he wants to include himself that's fine, but he should be at least presenting both sides; instead what we see here, more often than not, is a one-sided narrative in favor of some social cause.
On the artistic side: his drawings are defined, even rich, at times. The opening story about his observations at the Hague showcases his ability to make something as mundane as a court room seem interesting. Colors abound in that first story. If I remember correctly this is the one story with color. Black-and-white is not only the color of the other stories, it is the mood as well. Each story is a dour showcase in suffering. Whether we are learning about the tribulations of African immigrants in Malta or Chechen refugees in the Balkans, every story is doused in a depressing narrative. A piece about fleeing your homeland only to go to another country that doesn't want you either is inherently sad. I understand that and empathize. Sacco doesn't just present these situations though. He loves to inform the reader what the American Marines or Malta officials are doing wrong. It appears to me that he didn't understand, at the time of publication, the point of view of the other side. The Marines were training Iraqi civilians to be soldiers. They did this by utilizing harsh, but tried-and-true, American military tactics. Sacco saw it simply as harsh or ineffective. He presents little in the way of solutions and a lot in the way of criticism. That is a form of journalism, I guess. It's closer to activism disguised as reporting or just straight up promoting one side. Journalists should hold those in power accountable. I do disagree with the back cover which praises Sacco for being a revolutionary one-of-a-kind talent. Guy Delise's travelogues present just as much in the way of constructive criticism via the graphic novel format. He manages to keep his work light and breezy through storytelling tactics that Sacco lacks at times. He is the pinnacle of graphic novel journalism for me.
I appreciate the one or two pages after each story where Sacco writes his thoughts about each story. He gives some insight into the inception of each story. Also, he tells the reader what he could have done better at the time of publication of these stories, some being twenty years old. That type of self reflection is appreciated; it shows how the author wants to learn and is not completely self-absorbed. I will check out other Sacco books now, preferably a book with a linear narrative. "Journalism" showed how short story collections can prove to be a tough nut to crack. To string together an entire collection of great stories is tough. There are good things here to ponder, but it is a mixed bag when one thinks what could've been.

[Vivek KuRa · Rating 5 out of 5]

As usual, yet another Joe's excellent reportage of less reported conflicts and issues in cartoon nonfiction format. A unputdownable piece of work. The ugly side of humanity shown with utter honesty. All human sufferings are bad. But the last two chapters about the African illegal immigrants and the Dalits in UP was really heart wrenching. We all think these are things of the past and we transcended into a better society and have evolved into better human beings with our technologies and scientific advancements. But when you realize these stories were reported in the recent past, it sends shivers down ones spine and slaps you in face with the bitter truth that things have not changed a lot for the have -nots and the oppressed all over the world.

[Frey · Rating 5 out of 5]

J’ai lu cette BD y a 30 000 ans (8 mois) et j’espérais réussir à trouver un truc à dire à la hauteur du texte et du travail de l’artiste. Mais faut parfois se rendre à l’évidence, des fois n’y a pas les mots ou la capacité de. Bref, c’est super intéressant, dur, renseigné, ça retourne façon essoreuse. Bref, si on a envie d’avoir le pdv d’un reporter de guerre ou équivalent, c le bon filon Sacco.

[Francesco Iorianni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Die journalistischen Reportagen und als Graphic novel zusammengestelltes Band sind bis heute noch höchst modern und brisant. Themen des Krieges, der Fluchtpolitik oder des Armutszuwachs sind gegenwärtig in Bild und Text bei Joe Sacco zu sehen. Ein Spiel zwischen Objektivität und Subjektivität, zumindest wird das hier versucht. Eine wirklich sehr gelungene und eindrückliche Sammlung, hab vieles dazugelernt!

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

This might be one of the best graphic novel/ comic collections I’ve ever read. The chapters on Chechnya and India in particular are hard-hitting, saddening and generated a real emotional response (in me at least 🤷‍♂️)!

[Patrick McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Journalism (2012) by Joe Sacco, a comic journalist known for his books on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (Palestine and Footnotes In Gaza) as well as his book on the Bosnian conflict (Safe Area Gorazde), is powerful stuff. After reading this book, I have come to the conclusion that his role is exposing human misery to the world through his reportage. It must be exhausting to have seen the many varieties that he has encountered in his travels through out he world. He obviously has an opinion about what he is reporting on and a liberal bias. But it would be hard not to after seeing what he has seen and hearing the stories that he has heard. He takes journalist Robert Fisk's credo as his own: "I always say that reporters should be neutral and unbiased on the side of those who suffer." Furthermore, reading his books make me feel extremely fortunate to be in the position I am currently in, and realize that all my worries are shallow first world concerns and problems--I hopefully will never know the poverty, pain, and humiliation that is chronicled in these books.

The first piece in this collection is a depiction of the Bosnia war crimes trials that were held in the Hague that appeared in 1998. Each section end with a short summary of who he was reporting for, the context, the conditions, and what has happened since his reporting if relevant. This section was followed by three pieces on The Palestinian Territories from 2001-2003. I found the section on The Caucasus and the Chechen War moving and informative since I am not as knowledgeable about the is conflict and the misery it rained down on the Chechen people, which covered the years 2002-2008. This is followed by three pieces on the Iraq War from 2005-2007. "Down!Up!" about the training of the local militia was powerful as was "Trauma On Loan" about mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and the lawsuit two Iraqi men brought against Donald Rumsfield. Migration from 2010, which is about the sudden influx of Africans in Malta, was also fascinating in the number of problems that people are facing in that country that many Japanese travel to study English in Europe. His final piece, written in 2011, takes place in India among the impoverished untouchables in Kushinagar--deep in the countryside, highlighting yet another group of people facing extinction. Overall it is a powerful, thought-provoking, and distressing look at suffering in the modern world.

[Keen Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I chiefly concern myself with those who seldom get a hearing, and I don’t feel it is incumbent on me to balance their voices with the well-crafted apologetics of the powerful. The powerful are generally excellently served by the mainstream media or propaganda organs.”

This is another master class in graphic journalism from Sacco. This deviates slightly from most of his other work, in that it is made up of shorter assignments collected together. As well as his familiar territories of Palestine and The Balkans, he also reports on his native Malta and the problems there with African immigrants, ensuring that both sides of the argument geta fair airing.

Elsewhere he ventures to some remote villages in Uttar Pradesh, India focusing on the horrendous poverty and the deeply entrenched corruption and he spends some time in the Caucasus region in places such as the Sputnik camp in Ingushetia where thousands endure the conditions after fleeing the Chechen wars. He gives some further historical background to the conflict, telling us that,

“In the Soviet era, the Chechens resisted Stalin’s agricultural collectivization. In one day in 1937 the Red Army rounded up and shot 14,000 Chechens.” But then things would get even worse when Stalin’s final solution for the Chechens (who he later accused of collaborating with the Nazis). The army herded every Chechen and Ingush man, woman and child onto trains, 12,000 carriages were set aside, and deported them to Kazakhstan, which would have taken around 17-18 days. An estimated around 145,000 people died of cold and hunger within five years of being sent there.

Rhea Patton’s wonderful colouring in the first couple of stories really adds a vibrant touch to Sacco’s drawing and I would like to see more of them working together. Another unusual aspect to this collection is that Sacco reflects on each section afterwards, giving some background and reasons as to why he thinks the pieces work well or not, which brings us that bit closer to the work.

This was another superb piece of work, which left me wanting more, especially as this was comparatively short by his usual standards, but nevertheless this is graphic journalism straight from the top drawer.

[Mallory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Journalism is a collection of Joe Sacco's comics reportage. The content of the comics is harsh and unflinching. To be honest, this is a really tough read simply due to the atrocities that Sacco describes and depicts. The devastating stories are made more real by Sacco's realistic drawing style.

I found myself feeling pretty down while reading this and then I'd stop to put the book down, only to realize that I am privileged enough to say, "Enough. I cannot bear to see these horrible things anymore." If only the people that Sacco interviews had that luxury.

If nothing else, this collection makes you acutely aware of your own situation, but I truly think most people will take away more from it than that. Journalism is a jumping off point to learning about troubles in parts of the world that just aren't seen on the evening news, and repeats stories from people whom all too often don't get a voice. As one woman explains, "Neither God nor men, no one is there to listen to us."

[Bernardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

En estos días de confusión sobre el Nobel de Dylan y lo que puede o no puede considerarse literatura; finalmente proseguí con la muchas veces pospuesta lectura de esta joya de Sacco... reportaje en forma de cómic, y hecho con una exquisitez y profesionalismo que lo hacen irresistible. Compré este libro hace ya tres años en París y finalmente lo "termino", aunque creo que nunca se concluye, siempre estaré volviendo a sus imágenes, composición y belleza.

[Dave Riley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased. I think Sacco rocks always.

Read Sacco: change your view of the world.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The introduction to Journalism features Joe Sacco defending comic journalism as both effective and legitimate. Wait a minute: who are these naysayers? Who in the world reads Journalism and think, "Sure, it's fine, but it coulda been better if there were no pictures"??

Absurdity of the introduction aside, Journalism is about as good as it gets when it comes to short-form reporting. Joe Sacco digs into the issues from all sides, and perhaps more importantly, he digs into issues that the typical American might not care about. Untouchables in India, refugees in Chechnya, migrants in Malta. Even Sacco's embedding with American soldiers felt like new reporting to me! And I had to read about Iraq in the newspaper for so many years.

Personally, I think all journalism should be comic journalism. And it should all be done by Joe Sacco.

[Andrés Cabrera · Rating 5 out of 5]

«Pero hay quien dice que este tribunal [el Penal Internacional para la ex Yugoslavia de La Haya] y el que se ocupa de Ruanda existen debido al sentimiento de culpa colectivo occidental. Durante años hemos contemplado la carnicería desde nuestra sala de estar y, cuando todo ha terminado, hemos decidido ponernos la toga y hacer algo al respecto. Pronunciar la palabra «genocidio» cuando se trata de un hecho consumado es mucho más fácil que impedirlo».

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously excellent. Sacco is in a class by himself and in my opinion should be considered the greatest graphic journalist of all time. The stories of the people he interviews and observed mixed with his impeccable art make for informative, riveting journalism. This book collects magazine and newspaper pieces from around the world.

[Giorgia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un fuori catalogo che pur di avere, ho pagato il doppio.

Un reportage del 2012, incredibilmente e tristemente attuale.

Un pugno allo stomaco sulla cattiveria e ingiustizia ancora presente in tutte le parti del mondo,

[Bab · Rating 4 out of 5]

La mitad de la humanidad nos merecemos la extinción, eso está claro desde hace mucho. Y que la mitad que se extinguiría sería en todo caso la mitad equivocada, también. No tenemos remedio.

[Toby · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mixed bag but gets 4* just for the excellent piece on migrants in Malta.

[Laurence Bchrd · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5🌟
Bonne porte d'entrée dans l'univers de cet auteur!

[Gergő Tóth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strong stories, great perspectives and execution.