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Footnotes in Gaza Paperback – October 12, 2010

by Joe Sacco (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 240 ratings
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"Sacco brings the conflict down to the most human level, allowing us to imagine our way inside it, to make the desperation he discovers, in some small way, our own."―Los Angeles Times

Rafah, a town at the bottommost tip of the Gaza Strip, has long been a notorious flashpoint in the bitter Middle East conflict. Buried deep in the archives is one bloody incident, in 1956, that left 111 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Seemingly a footnote to a long history of killing, that day in Rafah―cold-blooded massacre or dreadful mistake―reveals the competing truths that have come to define an intractable war.

In a quest to get to the heart of what happened, Joe Sacco immerses himself in the daily life of Rafah and the neighboring town of Khan Younis, uncovering Gaza past and present. As in Palestine and Safe Area Goražde, his unique visual journalism renders a contested landscape in brilliant, meticulous detail. Spanning fifty years, moving fluidly between one war and the next, Footnotes in Gaza―Sacco's most ambitious work to date―transforms a critical conflict of our age into intimate and immediate experience.

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    Metropolitan Books
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    October 12, 2010
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  6. ISBN-10
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"[A] gripping, important book...Sacco will find readers for Footnotes in Gaza far into the future because of the unique format and style of his comic-book narrative. He stands alone as a reporter-cartoonist because his ability to tell a story through his art is combined with investigative reporting of the highest quality."
―The New York Times Book Review

“Solid, old-fashioned war reporting... a superb way into the truth of events, understanding different sides and poking around in people's minds and houses. Unlike a war photographer, Sacco always gets the best shot, perfectly framed, sometimes years after the event. Unlike a writer, he adds facial expressions to each statement. And unlike a film maker, he can slip between past and present without the jolt of costumed docudrama.... I learned more about the Palestinians, war, the intifada and the best honey pastries in Gaza than I ever had from newspapers or television.”
―The Times (UK)

“Having already established his reputation as the world's leading comics journalist, Sacco is now making a serious case to be considered one of the world's top journalists, period. His newest undertaking is a bracing quest to uncover the truth about what happened in two Gaza Strip towns in 1956… Sacco's art is alternately epic and intimate, but it's his exacting and harrowing interviews that make this book an invaluable and wrenching piece of journalism.”
―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The first good news to report about the massive, fascinating new Footnotes in Gaza hardcover is that the cartoonist is in top form throughout. If there's something that Joe Sacco's done in a previous comic that you've liked or with which you've been impressed, then that same technique or approach is likely to be on display here in a comparable or more effective way… A story soaked to the marrow with heartbreaking insights… One of the best long-form comics of this decade, and Sacco's greatest work to date.”
―The Comics Reporter

About the Author

Joe Sacco is the author of Footnotes in Gaza,for which he received an Eisner Award and the Ridenhour Book Prize, as well as Paying the Land, Palestine, Journalism, Safe Area Goražde (also an Eisner winner), and other books. His works have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, the New York Times Magazine, Time, and Harper's Magazine. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0805092773
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Metropolitan Books (October 12, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780805092776
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805092776
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1 x 10.4 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Joe Sacco, one of the world's greatest cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war reportage comics. He is the author of, among other books, Palestine, which received the American Book Award, and Safe Area: Gora�de, which won the Eisner Award and was named a New York Times notable book and Time magazine's best comic book of 2000. Hisbooks have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Harper's and the Guardian. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book engaging and worth adding to their collection. They appreciate the personal truth-telling and gritty reality in the story. The visual style is described as impressive with imaginative layouts and drawings.

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Customers enjoy the book's pacing. They find the story engaging and worth adding to their collection. The art is amazing and the storyline keeps you reading until the end.

"...he becomes another character, another agent in the conflict, is truly outstanding...." Read more

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"...The result is an intelligent, engaging, and pro-active book that will leave the reader breathless." Read more

"Havent read this yet in its entirety but it is pretty intense and so the graphic aspect of it makes the messages, story line, and facts more..." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's authenticity. They find the messages, storyline, and facts relatable and understandable. The author's research and pursuit of truth is praised, and his account of his efforts and perceptions is described as open and critical.

"...Sacco offers an intriguingly open and critical account of his efforts and perceptions as he explores the events of the 1956 killing in Palestine,..." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's visual style. They find the art amazing and the layouts imaginative. The storyline is interesting, and the drawings and text are amazing.

"...This is a great graphic novel and shows the plight of the Palestinians without sentimentalizing them...." Read more

"...Very interesting. The art was amazing and the story line keeps you reading right up til the end." Read more

"an amazing book. drawings and text. vivid description of the hellhole that is Gaza" Read more

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D. Mulcare
5.0 out of 5 stars Find out more about Gaza.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
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Like Sacco’s Palestine this book provides a contrary view of the history and status of Gaza. Unlike the establishment view reflected in most MSM articles and news coverage, it brings up the unpleasant reality that Israel has long coveted the territory. Unlike most accounts of the relationship it addresses the massacre by Israeli troops of large numbers of Palestinians during the little-noted 1956 war. The 1956 war was undertaken by Israel in connivance with Britain and France. Look it up.

Unfortunately the book was published in 2009 and cannnot therefore cover the repeated deadly assaults on Gaza by Israel. The notion that the current genocidal attacks by Israel on Gaza, though prompted by a real atrocity, is unique fails to move me given the earlier thousands killed in previous “operations” like “Cast Lead.”

I hope readers will come away with a sense of Palestinian humanity. In the midst of this now near two-month long campaign campaign against the people of Gaza and its less-noted campaign against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank.
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Daniel Lobo
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful Work of Graphic Research and Narrative
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2011
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Joe Sacco had already developed an important graphic work, well worth of its recognition, looking at personal research in conflict zones such as the former Yugoslavia or the Palestine revisited in these "Footnotes in Gaza". The frustration of an uneven and often untold conflict shines through the research of the events and killings of Khan Younins and Rafah well over fifty years ago with poignant relevance.

The graphic narrative driven out of his personal-research where he becomes another character, another agent in the conflict, is truly outstanding. Sacco offers an intriguingly open and critical account of his efforts and perceptions as he explores the events of the 1956 killing in Palestine, while he visits a region about to witness the US war against Iraq that would topple the regime of Hussein. In doing so, not only he reveals a poignant account about the difficulties and importance of recuperating memories, even the smaller ones, but leaves a trite and cogent account of the past and current circumstances faced by Palestine.

Exploring these footnotes in history, sure enough will unfold universal truths for those willing to pick them up, but more importantly sets a memorable and committed effort to develop a graphic journalism with a cause, explored with rigor, on the ground, and setting new narratives worth sharing with a passion.
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Osbert Ponder
5.0 out of 5 stars Important Perspective on Palestine in a Graphic Novel
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2014
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Joe Sacco is a creative force in the world, putting himself deep into conflict situations (Bosnia, Palestine), doing extensive research, and then documenting his investigations in the form of graphic novels. Sacco is an artist of the first rank. And brutally honest about situations for which the MSM has neither time nor the guts to honestly report. Thank you, Joe, for your work, which is both informative and entertaining on several levels.

Each work stands up to multiple readings, and each reading reveals new glimpses into other worlds than our own safe and comfy one. HIghly recommended. Anything by Joe is is worth adding to your collection.
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woodrow locksley
5.0 out of 5 stars impressive graphic novel about Israeli Palestinian situation
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2011
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Joe Sacco the worlds leading comics journalist becomes intrigued about amassacare that happened in Gaza forty or so years ago and goes to Gaza to find out details about this almost totally ignored event focusing on trying to find survivors from the period.Sacco's research and hunting for the truth is extensive and his journalistic attentioin to detail impressive. His derwaing is excellent especially in creating so many individualized faces.His layouts also are imaginative and show great command of the comics forum.This is a great graphic novel and shows the plight of the Palestinians without sentimentalizing them.Sacco says that the Palestinians though being brutally treated by Israel are often their own worst enemy.A great book
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James E Best Jr
5.0 out of 5 stars A path to owning American complicity in abuse of Palestinians.
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021
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A powerful work for it’s personal truth telling and gritty reality; no façade or pleasantries here. Digs under the skin and demands reading from the heart.
Hopefully to effect a softening and crumbling of American walls of complacency. Don’t walk here unless you are willing to confront your conscience.
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Word
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2010
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I literally could not put this book down. It had me hooked and engaged from beggining to end.

Footnotes literally tells the story of the massacres committed by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza strip during the 1957 Suez war in which Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt.

In classic reporting style, Joe Sacco tries to piece the puzzle of just what happened during the days of these brutal massacres.

The result is an intelligent, engaging, and pro-active book that will leave the reader breathless.
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chanel
5.0 out of 5 stars ... read this yet in its entirety but it is pretty intense and so the graphic aspect of it makes ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
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Havent read this yet in its entirety but it is pretty intense and so the graphic aspect of it makes the messages, story line, and facts more palpable and understandable. I would definitely reccomend this to anyone wanting to understand the issues with Palestine espeacially an adolescent.
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Bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars Palestine
Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2024
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History and geography absolutely important that we are knowledgeable about where we come from and our collective pasts and shared histories. AMAZON STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL
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Radical Chomskyan
5.0 out of 5 stars From The River to the Sea... Palestine Will be Free.
Reviewed in India on October 22, 2024
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A touching and harrowing tale of the most magnificent and resilient people on the planet, and the systematic genocide they have been subjugated to by imperialist colonizers.
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Carlene Karmichael
5.0 out of 5 stars Insight
Reviewed in Australia on January 3, 2024
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I found this book gave me a lot more insight into the latest conflict between the Israli Government and the people of Palestine.

Joe Sacco has done a marvellous job in describing his time in Gaza, and doesn't seem to be "taking sides", as he questions the people of Gaza and their recollections and beliefs just as much as he seeks information into the reasons behind his visits. Inside the "comic book pages", we're exposed to the past horrors of repressive regimes and appreciate the far greater horrors being inflicted on the present-day Palestinian people.

Essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about the issues behind the current conflict. A powerful book.
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Bill Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars Joe Sacco's Masterpiece
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2010
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Having read all of Joe Sacco's books, I can conclude - unequivocally - that `Footnotes in Gaza' is his best.

Centred around Sacco's quest to uncover the truth around Israel's massacre of 111 civilians in the town of Rafah in 1956 (a `footnote' in his early book, `Palestine'), Sacco expertly flits between his odyssey while detailing the current, miserable fate of those living in the Gaza Strip.

In a work that details horrific inhumanity, Sacco - conversely - brings great humanity to the vilified Gazans. The book is full of dark humour and personal insights, but nor is the author one to shirk from criticising Palestinians, for example when they glory in the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq.

The artwork is stunning in its detail. My favourite set-pieces are when Sacco zooms out of a scene, as if in a film, and reveals the full devastation of Gaza in minute detail.

Overall, as a reader, one is left bristling with anger at the injustices of Israel's horrific treatment of Palestinians, but Sacco retains an even tone throughout. Indeed the most obvious comparison one can draw with contemporary Gaza is that of the Warsaw Ghetto. Sacco stops short of making that comparison himself, but anyone studied in history will surely do so.

Recalling the Holocaust nevertheless reveals the one weakness in this work. Sacco is largely unsuccessful (although how far he tried, he never tells us) in getting the Israeli perspective on the massacre. What turned the victims of one historical injustice into the perpetrators of another in barely a decade? This is the most intriguing question of Israel's abuse of Palestinians, but one he never addresses.

This, nevertheless, is an important book and deserves its place among the literary canon on Palestine. It's cartoon-journalism may be mocked in some quarters, but that is nonsense and an injustice to a style that is as memorable as even the greatest writer could conjure.
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Jay
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Must Read
Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2021
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The world needs more investigative journalists like Joe Sacco.
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