Many of us grow up reading coming books and even what are called "graphic novels," those of the reporter Tintin and the duo from Gaul, Asterix & Obelix being most popular in South Asia.
However, before Marjane Satrapi became a hit with her Persepolis novels, I had bumped into Joe Sacco's books on the...former Yugoslavia...but as the most recent conflict in Gaza reminded me of Sacco's work on Palestine! So off I went to the local library system to request those books of his...and then some more (and some quite unrelated...)! A look at what has kept me glued in the past few weeks -
1. Palestine by Joe Sacco
2. Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco - a 400+ tome trying to get to the bottom of the 1956 Khan Younis massacre...quite a feat...
3. Jerusalem by Guy Delisle
4. Shenzen by Guy Delisle [Ah, the inscrutable but funny Guy Delisle, back in Shenzen after his forays n Pyongyang and Burma, following is MSF-employee wife...]
5. Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me about by the master, Harvey Pekar
6. SDS - The Student for a Democratic Society - a graphic history - by Harvey Pekar
7. Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights
8. The Color of Water - Kim Dong Hwa
9. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen v1 - Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill - and Indian Rajah as Captain Nemo...
10. Black Dossier - Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
11. Farm 54 - Galit and Gilad Seliktar - a coming-of-age story on an Israeli farm...and some very acute observations...on occupation forces...on Palestinian labor in Israel...
12. Cuba - My Revolution - writer, Inverna Lockpezer
13. And...hold your breath...The Adventures of Herge - an illustrated chronicle that follows the artistic journey of Georges Remi aka Herge, the creator of Tintin! Very Tintin like....
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