The Graphic Story of Joe Sacco’s Comics Journalism. Utter the words ‘comic book’ to almost anyone and you can all but guarantee what connotations will surface; Marvel and DC, bright, gaudy colours, and in recent years, huge blockbuster superhero movies.
It is unlikely that many will mention gritty investigative journalism probing questions of identity in the world’s most notorious conflict zones. This, however, is Joe Sacco’s area of expertise, and has been for over twenty years. For Sacco is widely considered to be the pioneer of an alternative type of graphic art, that of the unlikely, but successful, paring of conflict reportage and comics, or Comics Journalism to those in the know. Born in Malta in 1960, Sacco spent his childhood predominantly in Melbourne, Australia, where he moved, with his family, at the age of one. Uprooting again in 1972, this time to America, Sacco has spent the rest of his life living in and around Portland, earning a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon. Download. Joe Sacco’s “The Great War” Joe Sacco’s latest work, “The Great War,” a twenty-four-foot-long panorama that folds like an accordion, illustrates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in history, which took place on July 1, 1916.
The Maltese-American cartoonist is best known for his comics journalism, including works like “Palestine,” “Safe Area Goražde,” and “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt” (his 2012 New York Times best-selling collaboration with Chris Hedges), but “The Great War” is a purely visual work, homing in on a specific moment in history. We spoke with Sacco about his approach. When I got a call from an old friend of mine, an editor at Norton, asking me to draw a panorama of the Western front, my first response was “No!” Being a cartoonist, I always think in terms of narrative—but I grew up on Australia, and there the First World War truly gives Australians a sense of national identity.
I don’t feel a separation from the people I read about in history books. Joe Sacco (ice hockey) Joseph William Sacco (born February 4, 1969) is an American retired National Hockey League player and currently an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins.[1] His younger brother David Sacco also played in the NHL.
Drafted in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sacco played for Boston University before joining the Leafs. Sacco also played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Islanders, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers. In 738 NHL games, he had 94 goals and 119 assists. In the 2005–06 season, two years into retirement from playing, Sacco was hired as an assistant coach for the Lowell Lock Monsters, affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. Following the 2012–13 season, his fourth year at the helm, finishing last in the Western Conference and out of the playoffs for a third consecutive year, Sacco was relieved of his duties on April 28, 2013.[5] It brought an end to his eight-year association with the Avalanche.[6] List of NHL head coaches.
But I Like It by Joe Sacco. Interview with Joe Sacco: Graphic Journalism and Palestine.