Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco is a Maltese-American comic book artist and journalist whose work is a compelling combination of eyewitness reportage and graphic art storytelling techniques
Groundbreaking graphic novel on Gaza rushed back into print 20 years on
When Joe Sacco created Palestine no one knew what ‘comics journalism’ was. Now his pioneering book has eager new readers
Book of the day
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco review – a triumph of empathyThe painful history of the Northwestern Territory’s indigenous people takes the celebrated cartoonist away from AK47s and mortar shells, and into a different kind of war
So you'd like to get into highbrow comics. Here's where to start
From superheroes to memoirs, there’s never been a richer time for comic books. But where does one start with a genre that is exploding so quickly?
Children's books
Which books can help me understand what it's like to be bombed?As our politicians decide whether to bomb Syria, the Book Doctor picks out books that help us understand what it’s like to be threatened by bombs, from Robert Westall’s The Machine Gunners to Joe Sacco’s Palestine
Graphic novel of the month
Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels – reviewThe seminal publisher celebrates 25 years in the business with a staggeringly generous collection featuring new or rare work by the likes of Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware and Jo Sacco
The pencil can be as lethal as the sword
Letters: Joe Sacco illustrates that, in reality, only some offensiveness is defended, and asks us to consider why
Graphic novel of the month
Bumf by Joe Sacco; Best of Enemies by Jean-Pierre Filiu & David B review – gross, and vastly entertainingJoe Sacco lets loose in a biting satire of western foreign policy, while Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B offer a more sober take on Middle Eastern history, writes Rachel Cooke
Joe Sacco's Great War graphic tableau becomes giant Paris metro poster
News: Wordless panorama depicting the battle of the Somme goes up on wall of Montparnasse station
Observer books of the year 2013
Graphic books of the year – reviewStark images of the Somme, overheard mobile phone chat and an Art Spiegelman retrospective are among Rachel Cooke's highlights in a great year for comics and graphic novels
Comic and graphic novel stars take over Kendal for new festival showcase
Lakes International comic art festival eschews superhero model to give women writers and artists equal billing, writes Laura Sneddon
Joe Sacco's The Great War – in pictures
Stunning details from the artist's epic 24ft portrayal, 1 July 1916
Joe Sacco on The Great War: 'Trench warfare shocked me even as a kid'
The graphic artist, best known for Palestine, normally documents contemporary conflicts. Now he has turned his attention to the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916
In pictures: Joe Sacco's The Great War
Graphic novel of the month
The Great War by Joe Sacco – reviewJoe Sacco's meticulous depiction of the first day's fighting in the Battle of the Somme is all the more powerful for being wordless, says Rachel Cooke
Books blog
Edinburgh international book festival 2013 takes a stroll down memory laneClaire Armitstead: From Jane Gardam's forgetful Old Filth to a misremembered Man Booker, this year's festival is all about the power of the mind
Observer New Review: writers' books of 2012
Best graphic novels of 2012A mother and her metal-head son go on an awkward holiday, while Bryan Talbot produces animal magic, writes Rachel Cooke
Top 10s
Bryan and Mary Talbot's top 10 graphic memoirsFrom Palestine to Persepolis, the comics creators pick the best examples of the medium as a vehicle for autobiography
The artists' artist
The artists' artist: graphic novelistsSix leading illustrators choose their favourite living graphic novelist
Eyeless in Gaza
Colleagues laughed when a young journalist in Palestine announced his intention to tell the story of that region though cartoons. Twenty years later, Joe Sacco is one of the world's leading exponents of the graphic novel form. Rachel Cooke met him…
A rough guide to conflict
Veronica Horwell is drawn in by Joe Sacco's graphic depiction of a Bosnian enclave during the war, Safe Area Gorazde.
Kate Burton: Palestine, by Joe Sacco.
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Graphic novel of the monthDrawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels – reviewThe seminal publisher celebrates 25 years in the business with a staggeringly generous collection featuring new or rare work by the likes of Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware and Jo Sacco
Graphic novel of the monthBumf by Joe Sacco; Best of Enemies by Jean-Pierre Filiu & David B review – gross, and vastly entertainingJoe Sacco lets loose in a biting satire of western foreign policy, while Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B offer a more sober take on Middle Eastern history, writes Rachel Cooke
