New Releases by Joe Sacco

From “our greatest living comics journalist” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), a revelatory investigation of deadly sectarian riots in Uttar Pradesh, India, that explores the mechanics, dynamics, mythologies, uses, and abuses of political violence everywhere Compared to other episodes of lethal Indian communal violence, the clashes in Uttar Pradesh in 2013, the Muzaffarnagar Riot, were a relatively small-scale affair—some scores of people were killed and several tens of thousands displaced. It had happened before and will probably happen again: Hindus and Muslims, armed with guns and swords, riled up by vitriolic rhetoric and a tangle of accusations, turn on one another. The truth fragments along religious lines, both in the lead-up to the rampage and in its bloody aftermath. In The Once and Future Riot, Joe Sacco immerses himself in Uttar Pradesh, speaking to government officials, political leaders, village chiefs, and especially the victims, who were mostly landless peasants, in a quest to understand this riot as an archetype of political violence. In the process, he probes the role of savagery in a democracy; the power of crowds, rather than leaders, to influence the course of events; the collision of competing narratives; and the accounts that perpetrators construct to explain away their participation in bloodshed. Hailed as “the heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman” (Economist), Sacco has chronicled the urgent histories that define the world around us, from the Great War to Gaza. Here, he turns his masterful visual reportage to a story that is specific to India but with implications and resonance for all precarious multiethnic, multiracial societies everywhere.

Un dels millors treballs polítics i històrics publicats en els darrers anys. A principis de la dècada de 1990, un jove historietista anomenat Joe Sacco va decidir viatjar per Palestina per documentar les seves vivències sota la forma artística del còmic. Fruit d''aquella apassionant experiència va sorgir Palestina, la primera gran obra periodística de Sacco i, fet i fet, un dels millors treballs polítics i històrics publicats en els darrers anys. Hereva directa del nou periodisme i peça fundacional del periodisme historietístic, aquesta novel·la gràfica no només constitueix un excepcional document etnogràfic, una àcida crònica de l''època i una visió personal sobre un conflicte eternitzat, sinó també un document rellevant per entendre el paper que Orient Mitjà juga actualment a la geopolítica contemporània

A timely satirical broadside on Israel''s genocidal campaign against Gaza by the most acclaimed comics journalist working today.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, POP MATTERS, COMICS BEAT, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY From the “heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman” (The Economist), a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural world The Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them, not the other way around, and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources, including oil, gas, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment, but also road-building, pipelines, and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape, and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life. In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. The mining boom is only the latest assault on indigenous culture: Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child”; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture. Against a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, to tell a sweeping story about money, dependency, loss, and culture—recounted in stunning visual detail by one of the greatest cartoonists alive.

On October 7th 2001, US-led forces invaded Afghanistan, marking the start of George Bush and Tony Blair''s "War on Terror." Six years on, where have the policies of Bush and Blair left us? Bringing together some of the finest contemporary writers, this wide-ranging anthology, from reportage and "faction" to fiction, explores the impact of this "long war" throughout the world, from Palestine to Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the curtailment of civil liberties and manipulation of public opinion. Published in conjunction with Stop the War coalition and United for Peace and Justice, War With No End provides an urgent, necessary reflection on the causes and consequences of the ideological War on Terror.

A principios de la década de 1990, un joven historietista llamado Joe Sacco decidió viajar por Palestina para documentar sus vivencias bajo la forma artística del cómic. Allí, paseó por mercados, se entrevistó con prisioneros, charló con manifestantes, comió con agricultores, visitó enfermos en los hospitales y, en definitiva, se zambulló en la vida y la cultura de los habitantes de Gaza y Cisjordania. Fruto de aquella apasionante experiencia surgió Palestina, la primera gran obra periodística de Sacco y, a la postre, uno de los mejores trabajos políticos e históricos publicados en los últimos años. Heredera directa del nuevo periodismo y pieza clave de la corriente autoral conocida como periodismo historietístico, esta novela gráfica no solo constituye un excepcional documento etnográfico, una ácida crónica de la época y una visión personalísima sobre un conflicto eternizado, sino también un libro valioso y relevante para entender el papel que Oriente Medio juega ahora, al igual que entonces, en la geopolítica contemporánea. Mediante la presente publicación, Planeta Cómic rinde justo homenaje a esta obra mítica. Además de las 288 páginas del cómic original, traducidas y rotuladas nuevamente para la ocasión, este volumen incluye todos los extras de la edición especial anglosajona: una introducción a cargo del añorado Edward Said, ingentes cantidades de material inédito -notas, bocetos, referencias fotográficas- y una amplia disertación documental en la que el propio Joe Sacco relata todas las aventuras, anécdotas y curiosidades que vivió durante la preparación, el transcurso y el regreso de su odisea.

Tra la fine del 1991 e l''inizio del 1992 Joe Sacco ha trascorso due mesi in Israele e nei Territori Occupati, viaggiando e prendendo appunti. Ha vissuto nei campi dei palestinesi, condividendo la loro vita (o meglio, la loro sopravvivenza) in mezzo al fango, in baracche di lamiera arrugginita, tra coprifuoco e retate dell''esercito israeliano. Risultato del suo meticoloso lavoro d''inchiesta è questo volume che, combinando la tecnica del reportage di prima mano con quella della narrazione a fumetti, riesce a dare espressione a una realtà complessa ed emotivamente coinvolgente come quella del Medio Oriente. Ogni pagina racconta in modo approfondito e chiaro i molti aspetti dell''occupazione: le uccisioni, i ferimenti, le torture, le detenzioni amministrative, le confische delle terre, la distruzione delle case e degli ulivi. Senza la pretesa di dare giudizi, Palestina offre al lettore una testimonianza ricca, articolata e diretta delle reali condizioni del popolo palestinese. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

El día después visto a través de los ojos de grandes autores reconocidos del sector como Art Spiegelman (Maus), Joe Sacco (Palestina, Gorazde, Notas al pie de Gaza) o Muñoz y Sampayo (Alack Sinner), entre otros.Con una portada de Enki Bilal (Fin de siglo), este libro aparece con motivo del décimo aniversario de los terribles atentados contra EE UU.

Au commencement, Dieu créa le ciel et la terre. Or, la terre était informe, et vide ; les ténèbres couvraient l''abîme. Et l''Esprit de Dieu planait au-dessus des eaux. Et Dieu dit alors : Que la lumière soit... Des millénaires plus tard, nous devons constater que cela a sacrément dérapé : pollution, violence, pauvreté, misère, corruption. C''est dans ce contexte particulier que le capitaine d''aviation Joe Sacco, de l''escadron 617, est amené à bombarder Téhéran. Fort heureusement, son véritable statut d''auteur de roman graphique est rapidement découvert et le voilà redevenu simple soldat. Il est l''assistant d''un colonel moustachu qui, pour défaire l''ennemi teuton, a décidé de « baiser le kaiser » et tous ses hommes. Dans cette optique il vit nu, prêt à en découdre.

In the vein of the old underground comix like ZAP or Weirdo, author Joe Sacco promises that BUMF will go where it needs to go, and do what it needs to do.” Though world-famous for his serious, journalistic books like Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and Footnotes in Gaza, Bumf promises to echo back to Sacco’s earlier days as a satirist and underground cartoonist. Bumf is a project that Sacco has been working on in between larger projects like Footnotes in Gaza, indulging his love of satire and cartooning. Often puerile, disgusting, and beyond redemption, Sacco apologized in advance, saying he couldn’t help himself. “They expect better things from me. They’ll never put me on a stamp now.”

Recueil de brefs récits journalistiques et autobiographiques sur le thème de la guerre : guerre du Golfe, guerre de Bosnie, Seconde Guerre mondiale, conflit israélo-palestinien.

Two years ago, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. They wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like in places where the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize profit. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is the searing account of their travels. The book starts in the western plains, where Native Americans were sacrificed in the giddy race for land and empire. It moves to the old manufacturing centers and coal fields that fueled the industrial revolution, but now lie depleted and in decay. It follows the steady downward spiral of American labor into the nation''s produce fields and ends in Zuccotti Park where a new generation revolts against a corporate state that has handed to the young an economic, political, cultural and environmental catastrophe.

Der 1. Juli 1916 markiert den ersten Tag der Schlacht an der Somme, die als verlustreichste Schlacht des Ersten Weltkriegs in die Geschichte einging - allein am ersten Kampftag fielen etwa 20000 Soldaten. Joe Sacco vermittelt uns in seinem sieben Meter langen Panoramabild - Stunde nach Stunde aufgezeichnet - einen Eindruck der blutigen Ereignisse, begleitet von einem Text des amerikanischen Historikers Adam Hochschild, der uns den Ablauf dieses schrecklichen Tages chronologisch schildert.

De la réserve indienne de Pine Ridge dans le Dakota aux militants d''Occupy Wall Street, Joe Sacco et Chris Hedges ont parcouru les zones sinistrées des USA. Ils dressent un constat terrible des conséquences d''un capitalisme décomplexé sur les laissés-pour-compte du système, dans un pays dont le taux de pauvreté est le plus élevé des pays industrialisés.

A journalistic collection in comic book format from the sid3elines of wars around the world includes articles on the American military in Iraq, the Caucasus widow trials, the dilemmas of India''s "untouchables," and the smuggling tunnels of Gaza.

Previously uncollected stories from the creator of Palestine and Safe Area Goradze. The centrepiece of the book is In the Company of Long Hair, the early 90s graphic novelette Sacco created on the subject of his raucous European tour with the punk band the Miracle Workers. It appears here in an expanded version with an added 15-page section of his original sketches and notes from the time and a bound-in CD featuring an excerpt from the Miracle Workers'' live show of the time - including a blasting version of the Iggy Pop classic I Got a Right.

Recueil des deux travaux de Joe Sacco, fruit de ses voyages en Bosnie : Noël avec Karadzic et Soba. Karadzic, criminel de guerre serbo-croate, et Soba, fantasque peintre-rock star, sont présentés à travers ces deux recueils.

War cartoonist Sacco visits the Bosnian conflict to uncover the stories that are often ignored or uncovered by traditional media and gives the reader an inside peek at the darkly humorous news process.