Last updated: 3 december, 2009 - 17:17 GMT
Joe Sacco
Photo by Michael Tierney.
The award-winning graphic novelist, acclaimed for his accounts of the Bosnian and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, talks about his new book 'Footnotes in Gaza.'
I realise because [I draw myself] a bit cartoony and because you can’t see the eyes, a reader can step into my shoes a bit easier because I’m relatively nondescript.
Joe Sacco
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(above) artwork detail from 'Footnotes in Gaza'.
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