Notes From A Defeatist
$44.55
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2004
Summary
Part documentary travelogue, part satirical autobiography, part satire pure and simple, Notes from a Defeatist collects all the shorter works that launched Joe Sacco on the path to his two book-length masterpieces of ‘comics journalism’, Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde.
Sacco paved the way for Palestine with his powerful triptych on modern war and its innocent victims, originally published in his comic Yahoo and collected here:
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224072700 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224072706 |
| Author: | Joe Sacco |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2004 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 180mm x 15mm |
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Sacco is formidably talented. A meticulous reporter… and a gifted artist whose richly nuanced drawings tread a delicate path between cartoonishness and naturalism
Sacco is formidably talented. A meticulous reporter… and a gifted artist whose richly nuanced drawings tread a delicate path between cartoonishness and naturalism * Independent *
Sacco’s greatest achievement is to have so poignantly depicted oppression and horror in a form that manages to be both disarming and disquieting * Observer *
One of the most original cartoonists of the past two decades * Guardian *
It is clear that Sacco is one of the masters of his craft * New Statesman *
About The Author
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco, one of the world’s foremost cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war-reportage comics. He is the author of Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, The Fixer, Notes from a Defeatist, Footnotes in Gaza and Journalism.
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