"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."
"Fraction is now writing Batman, but near and dear to my heart was his run on Hawkeye. 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."
The Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts is Oregon's first institution dedicated to comic panels and cels. The museum opened with an exhibit titled The Pacific Northwest in Comics featuring local creators. Portland hosts a high concentration of comic-book artists and creators, alongside publishers Dark Horse and Image Comics. Oregon writers and artists contribute to Marvel, DC, graphic novels, and independent labels. Several Oregon-made works have won Eisner Awards. Joe Sacco's Palestine pioneered comics journalism through embedded reporting in conflict zones. Matt Fraction's Hawkeye revitalized a second-tier superhero with innovative storytelling, American Sign Language presentation, and distinctive David Aja artwork.
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