{"product_id":"the-comics-of-joe-sacco-journalism-in-a-visual-world-9781496814708","title":"The Comics of Joe Sacco: Journalism in a Visual World","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Notable Scholarly Publication of 2015 by the Comics Studies Society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributions by Georgiana Banita, Lan Dong, Ann D'Orazio, Kevin C. Dunn, Alexander Dunst, Jared Gardner, Edward C. Holland, Isabel Macdonald, Brigid Maher, Ben Owen, Rebecca Scherr, Maureen Shay, Marc Singer, Richard Todd Stafford, and  yvind V?gnes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Comics of Joe Sacco\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the range of his award-winning work, from his early comics stories as well as his groundbreaking journalism \u003ci\u003ePalestine\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eSafe Area to Gorazde\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), to \u003ci\u003eFootnotes in Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and his most recent book \u003ci\u003eThe Great War\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), a graphic history of World War I. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst in the series, Critical Approaches to Comics Artists, this edited volume explores Sacco's comics journalism and features established and emerging scholars from comics studies, cultural studies, geography, literary studies, political science, and communication studies. Sacco's work has already found a place in some of the foundational scholarship in comics studies, and this book solidifies his role as one of the most important comics artists today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSections focus on how Sacco's comics journalism critiques and employs the standard of objectivity in mainstream reporting, what aesthetic principles and approaches to lived experience can be found in his comics, how Sacco employs the space of the comics page to map history and war, and the ways that his comics function in the classroom and as human rights activism. \u003ci\u003eThe Comics of Joe Sacco\u003c\/i\u003e offers definitive, exciting approaches to some of the most important--and necessary--comics today, by one of the most acclaimed journalist-artists of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Worden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Critical Approaches to Comics Artists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496814708","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710592651401,"sku":"9781496814708","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c30e20be-decf-4dae-a383-948b0dd574fe.jpg?v=1719539344","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-comics-of-joe-sacco-journalism-in-a-visual-world-9781496814708","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}