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Joe Sacco on
EGG:
THE ARTS SHOW
Director: Thom Powers
Joe Sacco is a breed unto his own, a comics journalist who has
traveled to real-life war zones in the Middle East and Bosnia, hung
out with "ordinary people" and created extraordinary work
based on his experiences. His first book, Palestine,
is based on interviews he conducted with refugee camp residents,
relief workers, and soldiers in the Occupied Territories. Safe
Area Gorazde, published in 2000 by Fantagraphics
Books, chronicles the experiences of civilians amidst the Balkan
conflict. Why choose the comic strip medium for such gut-wrenching
material? In this profile, first broadcast in fall 2002, Sacco fills
us in.
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