"Sacco is from Malta. He immigrated here, I think when he was 11 or 12, and created a whole genre of comics journalism: He embeds himself in conflict zones, then writes a graphic novel. Palestine is incredibly powerful and it's obviously still relevant. It was the story of Palestine in the '90s. That's the book to go to if you wanted to start reading Joe Sacco."
"He took a second-tier character and did these incredible things in the series, really brought it to life. Hawkeye goes temporarily deaf, and a whole [issue] was in American Sign Language. He has a companion dog, and [Fraction] did one just from the dog's perspective. The drawing was done by David Aja, and it's hard to describe how beautiful that was. It's probably one of my top three favorite superhero c"
The Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts opened Oregon's first museum dedicated to comic panels and cels with a Pacific Northwest comics exhibit. Portland has an exceptionally high concentration of comic-book creators per capita, supported by local publishers like Dark Horse and Image and by creators working with Marvel and DC, writing graphic novels, and forming indie labels. Joe Sacco's Palestine (1993–1996, collected 2001) helped establish comics journalism by embedding the creator in conflict zones and remains powerful and relevant, with recent work on Gaza winning an Eisner. Matt Fraction's Hawkeye Vol. 1 (2013) reinvigorated a second-tier superhero with inventive issues and David Aja's acclaimed art.
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