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Joe Sacco




Joe Sacco

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born
October 02, 1960

gender
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Comics & Graphic Novels


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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 ...more




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avg rating: 4.16 | 2,386 ratings | 296 reviews | 21 distinct works | 9 fans
Palestine Palestine
by Joe Sacco, Edward W. Said
avg rating 4.26 — 881 ratings — published 2001
9 editions
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Safe Area Gorazde: The War in... Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995
by Joe Sacco, Christopher Hitchens
avg rating 4.39 — 596 ratings — published 1997
6 editions
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The Fixer: A Story from Saraje... The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 3.88 — 241 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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War's End: Profiles From Bosni... War's End: Profiles From Bosnia 1995-1996
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 3.82 — 126 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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Notes from a Defeatist Notes from a Defeatist
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 3.31 — 77 ratings — published 2003
3 editions
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But I Like It But I Like It
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 3.19 — 57 ratings — published 2006
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Palestine Book2: 'In the Gaza... Palestine Book2: 'In the Gaza Strip'
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 4.31 — 39 ratings — published 2006
4 editions
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War Junkie War Junkie
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1997
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Soba : uns histoire de Bosnie Soba : uns histoire de Bosnie
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2000
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Palestina: Duka Orang-orang Te... Palestina: Duka Orang-orang Terusir
by Joe Sacco
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2003
3 editions
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"A boy standing in the rain, and what is he thinking?"
Joe Sacco (Palestine)
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"Make no mistake, everywhere you go, not just in Marvel Comics,
there's parallel universes...Here? On the surface streets: traffic, couples in love,
falafel-to-go, tourists in jogging suits licking stamps for postcards... And over the
wall behind closed doors: other things-people strapped to chairs, sleep deprivation,
the smell of piss...other things happening for "reasons of national
security""
Joe Sacco (Palestine)
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"Some of the world's blackest holes are out
in the open for anyone to see...."
Joe Sacco (Palestine)
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