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Joe Sacco In Seattle

Written by Edina Nasseri

Monday, 22 October 2007

I first came upon Joe Sacco’s book several years ago. My father had brought home some of his books (Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde to name a few) to review and catalogue them before displaying them in our bookshop, The Specialist Bookshop. Very simply put, I was completely amazed! I love comic books and I had only just discovered the wonders of the graphic novel. I do a little bit of sketching myself. I have even tried starting a comic book. As it is, I get enough inspiration from the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip panels that I love to read in the morning papers. But alas, the will to carry along a story left me. To be fair, my art seems to be reserved to a single page rather than a whole book. For the time being, I shall leave the graphic novels to the experts.

I was halfway over the moon to read that Joe Sacco will be in Seattle this Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. I didn’t manage to make it all the way over the moon as it occurred to me that, “…waitaminute…Seattle’s in the States…” He will be at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery celebrating the publication of the deluxe hardcover edition of ‘Palestine: The Special Edition’. What is so special about the book will be the inclusion of supplementary materials such as photographs, journal entries, sketches and more from his visit to the war torn region 15 years ago.

The event will be commemorated by two special events.

Friday, 26^th October 2007 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm :: Fantagraphics will host an exhibition of Sacco’s original artwork from his book ‘Palestine’. Obviously, Sacco will be there to sign books too.Saturday, 27^th October 2007 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm :: Joe Sacco will be discussing his approach to ‘comics journalism’. He covers conflicts from the Middle East to the Balkans. In addition to that, he will be touching on his pop culture and autobiographical works.

From what I hear, if you’re into Joe Sacco’s work (and you’re in Seattle then) then you’re in for a treat! I am sooo jealous as people who know say that Joe is a passionate, articulate and entertaining speaker.

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