Joe Sacco

This article is about the cartoonist and journalist. For the former NHL player and former head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, see Joe Sacco (ice hockey). For the team's former captain and current general manager, see Joe Sakic.

Joe Sacco
Sacco in 2005
Sacco in 2005
Born (1960-10-02) October 2, 1960 (age 64)
Kirkop, Crown Colony of Malta
Occupation
Nationality
EducationSunset High School
University of Oregon (BA)
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Notable works

Joe Sacco (/ˈsækoʊ/; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books Palestine (1996) and Footnotes in Gaza (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian relations; and Safe Area Goražde (2000) and The Fixer (2003) on the Bosnian War. In 2020, Sacco released Paying the Land, published by Henry Holt and Company.[1]

  1. ^ Steinhauer, Jillian. "The Outsider: Joe Sacco's comics journalism," Archived January 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine The Nation (Dec. 28, 2020).