Palestine
#9
(October 1995)
Fantagraphics,
1993 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.95 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1995
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- Editing
- Kim Thompson
Issue Notes
First printing: September 1995
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Graphic Novels (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2011 series) #5 - Palästina (2011) -
in Palestyna (Timof i cisi wspólnicy, 2014 series) ([grudzień] 2014)
-
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Sacco (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sacco (signed)
- Colors
- Roberta Gregory (color separations)
- Letters
- Joe Sacco
- Reprints
-
in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007) [1/9 page size]
-
Indexer Notes
Dated May 1995
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Publishing credits and indicia; Includes a blown up panel from the “Through Other Eyes” story
Through Other Eyes
Palestine / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Naomi; Paula
- Synopsis
- Sacco acts as a guide for two Israeli women in the Old City. He manages to convince one of them to walk with him through the Arab market.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated April-June 1995
Tel Aviv
Palestine / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Naomi; Paula
- Synopsis
- The two women enjoy the sunny day in Tel Aviv. They give their opinions on the viability of the peace process and express fatigue at Israel having to apologize all the time.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated June 1995
Lucky Reunion
Palestine / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Jabril
- Synopsis
- In Nablus, Sacco encounters Jabril, one of his friends from the Balata refugee camp.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated June 1995
Sugar
Palestine / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Palestinian Nurse; Mother; Joe Sacco
- Synopsis
- Sacco talks to a woman who has an Australian lover she feels she could never marry.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated July 1995
Nablus
Palestine / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Sacco; Taxi Driver
- Synopsis
- Sacco witnesses Israeli soldiers accost several vendors and apprehend one of them in Nablus.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated June-July 1995
Roadblock
Palestine / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Mother; “Romeo”; Joe Sacco
- Synopsis
- Sacco is stuck in a taxi during a roadblock with a screaming baby nearby and fighter-bombers circling overhead.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated July 1995
Jenin
Palestine / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Older Man; Joe Sacco; Older Man's Friend
- Synopsis
- In Jenin, Sacco talks to a Shakespeare-quoting man who not only is extremely cynical about peace coming from any side in the conflict, but is extremely cynical about the peace process itself.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated August 1995
A Boy in the Rain
Palestine / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Irishman; Joe Sacco; Jewish Lady; Israeli; Palestinian Boy
- Synopsis
- Sacco recalls his acquaintance with a religious Oxford student in Jerusalem and a few conversations he had with others concerning the peace process. He also recalls the time he saw some Israeli soldiers made a boy stand out in the pouring rain as they questioned him, and how that for him sums up the possible future outcomes for peace in the area.
- Reprints
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1994 series) #[2] - In the Gaza Strip (January 1996)
- in Palestine (Fantagraphics, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Palestine: The Special Edition (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Dated August 1995
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Through Other Eyes
Palestine -
3.
Tel Aviv
Palestine -
4.
Lucky Reunion
Palestine -
5.
Sugar
Palestine -
6.
Nablus
Palestine -
7.
Roadblock
Palestine -
8.
Jenin
Palestine -
9.
A Boy in the Rain
Palestine -
10.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jochen G.
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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