(2009)
Henry Holt and Co.,
2009 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 29.95 USD; 35.95 CAD
- Pages
- 440
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Picador; Henry Holt and Company
- Brand
-
Metropolitan Books
- ISBN
-
978-0-8050-7347-8
- Barcode
- 9780805073478
- Color
- Black and White
- Dimensions
- 10.75" x 8" (27.3 cm x 20.32 cm)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
From the indicia: “Some of the material in this book (from the chapters “Rafah's Curse” and “Worse Then, Worse Now”) appeared in another form in “The Underground War in Gaza,” The New York Times Magazine, July 6, 2003.”
Winner of the 2010 "Best Writer/Artist-Nonfiction" Eisner Award
Winner of the 2010 "Best Writer/Artist-Nonfiction" Eisner Award
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Gaza 1956: En marge de l'histoire (Futuropolis, 2009 ? series) (2009) -
in Fotnoter i Gaza (Cappelen Damm, 2010 series) ([juni] 2010) -
in Gaza: Poznámky pod čarou dějin (BB/Art Komiks, 2010 series) (2010) -
in Gaza 1956 (Mondadori, 2010 series) (settembre 2010) -
in Gazze’nin Dipnotları (İthaki Yayınları, 2012 ? series) (2012)
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[no title indexed]
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Image is taken from the bottom panel on page 220 ("Sea Street").
From the Great Cartoonist-Reporter, a Sweeping, Original Investigation of a Forgotten Crime in the Most Vexed of Places
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
Indexer Notes
Inside dust jacket flap
Footnotes in Gaza
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Other books from the artist; title page
Footnotes in Gaza
credits, title page / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
title and publisher page with the top panel from page 227 ("The School Wall"); colophon page; dedication page
Foreword
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Signed 'July 2009'
Khan Younis
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a panel from page 101 ("Nov. 3, 1956 Pt. 1: Khan Younis Town Center").
Glimmer of Hope
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Mark; Christine
- Synopsis
- Joe goes to a party. Later on, he manages to get into the Gaza Strip.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Footnotes
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Abed; Khaled
- Synopsis
- In Khan Younis, Abed introduces Khaled to Joe.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Abed
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Abed
- Synopsis
- Abed walks Joe around the town and talks about recent Palestinian history.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Gaza Strip
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Abed
- Synopsis
- Joe gives a brief rundown on The Gaza Strip
Muds, Tents, Bricks
comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Abed; Ossam
- Synopsis
- On Ossam's suggestion, Sacco starts the story with Israel's declaration of independence in 1948. Quotes from several Palestinians concerning the aftermath of that event are included in this chapter.
The Only Option
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Abed; Abed's friend; Mahmoud
- Synopsis
- Joe recalls touring a squalid Khan Younis household. He then talks to Abed's friend, who works for an American agency but only for the money.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Sideshow
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Mordechai Bar-On
- Synopsis
- Joe describes the situation Palestinian refugees from the late 1940s were in and the methods Israelis were using in dealing with infiltrators.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Fedayeen
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Abed; The Ex-Guerilla; Jemal Abdel Nasser; Mordechai Bar-On; Mustafa Hafez
- Synopsis
- Joe meets an ex-guerilla fighter who recounts his experiences fighting the Israelis in 1953
- Keywords
- autobiography
Feast
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a portion of a panel from page 142 ("Feast").
Rafah
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a portion of an panel from page 236 ("The School Gate").
[no title indexed]
insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Pencils
- Michael Tierney (photo)
- Inks
- Michael Tierney (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside dust jacket flap. Artist blurb with a single small photo.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
From the Great Cartoonist-Reporter, a Sweeping, Original Investigation of a Forgotten Crime in the Most Vexed of Places
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
Footnotes in Gaza
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6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
Footnotes in Gaza
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8.
[no title indexed]
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9.
Foreword
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10.
[no title indexed]
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11.
Footnotes in Gaza
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12.
[no title indexed]
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13.
Khan Younis
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14.
[no title indexed]
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15.
Glimmer of Hope
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16.
Footnotes
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17.
Abed
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18.
The Gaza Strip
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19.
Muds, Tents, Bricks
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20.
The Only Option
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21.
Sideshow
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22.
The Fedayeen
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23.
The Wanted
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24.
Resistance and the Sulta
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25.
The Fedayeen pt. 2
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26.
Collusion
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27.
Attack
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28.
Nov. 3, 1956 Pt. 1: Khan Younis Town Center
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29.
Nov. 3, 1956 Pt. 2: Khan Younis Refugee Camp
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30.
Memory and the Essential Truth
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31.
Document
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32.
[no title indexed]
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33.
Feast
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34.
[no title indexed]
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35.
The Story is Dead
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36.
Claustrophobia
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37.
All of Us Will Get a Beating
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38.
Feast
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39.
Hani
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40.
Rafah
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41.
[no title indexed]
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42.
House Hunting
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43.
Sea Street
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44.
Rafah's Curse
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45.
The Fall of Rafah
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46.
Taking too Long
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47.
Attack West of Block J
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48.
Ashraf
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49.
Time Management
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50.
Announcement
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51.
Sea Street
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52.
The School Wall
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53.
The School Gate
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54.
Shlomo
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55.
Worse Then, Worse Now
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56.
The Will of God
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57.
The Schoolyard
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58.
The Search
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59.
100 Shekels
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60.
The Mouth of the Lion
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61.
Let's Blow Up Everything
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62.
Shapes in the Dark pt. 1
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63.
Not Every Day
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64.
The Screening
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65.
The Mouth of the Lion pt. 2
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66.
Cleaning Up
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67.
The List
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68.
Ramadan Mohammed El-Modalel
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69.
The Burials
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70.
Armageddon
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71.
Death
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72.
Shapes in the Dark pt. 2
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73.
Did You See Them?
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74.
Casualties Among the Mob
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75.
Return
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76.
Abandoned
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77.
Sea Street
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78.
[no title indexed]
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79.
Appendix 1
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80.
Appendix 2
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81.
Appendix 3
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82.
Appendix 4
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83.
Bibliography
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84.
Acknowledgments
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85.
[no title indexed]
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86.
[no title indexed]
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87.
Praise for Joe Sacco
This issue was modified by
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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