Two Joe Sacco Softcovers: Notes From A Defeatist, Bumf Volume 1, Fantagraphics

Description: NOTES FROM A DEFEATIST Part documentary travelogue, part satirical autobiography, part satire pure and simple, Notes From A Defeatist collects, for the first time, all the shorter works that launched Joe Sacco on the path to his two book-length masterpieces of"comics journalism," the American Book Award winningPalestine and the best-selling graphic novel Safe AreaGorazde.In fact, Sacco paved the way for Palestine with his powerful triptych on modern war and its innocent victims, originally published in his comic Yahoo and collected here: "When Good Bombs Happen to Bad People' chronicles the effect of aerial warfare on civilians, from Germany and Japan during World War Il to Libya in 1986; "More Women, More Children, More Quickly" is written from a victim's perspective, as Sacco illustrates his mother's harrowing experiences during Italian and German WW II raids on Malta; and "How I Loved the War," Defeatist's centerpiece (and the chapter from which the present collection takes its title) is Sacco's impassioned but sardonic reflection on theGulf War, and the surrounding propaganda and media circus.Published during the reign of Bush, it has since acquired an even sharper relevance. Defeatist also features Sacco's first (relatively) long-form piece,"In the Company of Long Hair", a hilarious roadies-eye view of an American punk band's eventful European tour from Amsterdam to Madrid, as well as "Cartoon Genius," "Voyage to the End of the Library," "A Disgusting Experience, and"On My Day Off," a cycle of funny autobiographical comics that display Sacco's graphic verve to itsfullest extent.BLDefeatist is rounded off with a large selection of Sacco's earliest, pointedly satirical strips (none of which has been collected in book form before) and new introductions and notes by the author.A combination of youthful indiscretions and mature master-works, Notes From A Defeatist spotlights the work of a brilliant young artist as he redefines the capabilities and potential of his chosen medium. BUMF VOLUME ONE This is a collection of all-new satirical short comics by Joe Sacco (Palestine, Footnotes in Gaza).In the vein of the old underground comix like ZAP or Weirdo, author Joe Sacco promises that BUMF will go where it needs to go, and do what it needs to do." Though world-famous for his serious, journalistic books like Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and Footnotes in Gaza, BUMF promises to echo back to Sacco's earlier days as a satirist and underground cartoonist. BUMF is a project that Sacco has been working on in between larger projects, indulging his love of satire and cartooning. Often puerile, disgusting, and beyond redemption, Sacco apologized in advance, saying he couldn't help himself. "They expect better things from me. They'll never put me on a stamp now."

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