Joe Sacco (and others) at Politics and Prose

Joe Sacco did a nice talk about his new bookish-thing, The Great War, at Politics and Prose. The audience was far more World War 1 buffs than comics buffs, although cartoonists Art Hondros, Barbara Dale, and Michael Cavna were in the audience as well as journalist Peter Carlson and cartoon librarian Sara Duke.  Politics and Prose eventually gets the video online.

Here's some more pictures of Sacco's visit.

Here's video of some earlier P&P events that haven't been linked to yet:

MISSION IN A BOTTLE by Seth Goldman

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/mission-in-a-bottle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYfmPeM2xM

Seth Goldman spoke about his book, Mission in a Bottle, at Politics & Prose on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.

The Art & Style of Graphic Novels

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/the-art-and-style-of-graphic-novels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrC0HcKiWbo

The Art & Style of Graphic Novels panel discussion took place at Politics & Prose on Monday, September 16, 2013.

Join moderator Glen Weldon, author and a contributor to NPR’s pop culture blog and podcast, for the second P&P graphic novel panel with some of today’s most innovative artists. Discussing and demonstrating their work with Weldon are graphic novelists Laura Lee Gulledge, Rutu Modan, Matt Phelan, and Gene Yang.

MARCH, BOOK ONE by Congressman John Lewis

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/march-book-one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQU8rMufqLQ

John Lewis spoke about his book, March, Book One, at Politics & Prose on Sunday, September 08, 2013.

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/ocean-end-of-lane-neil-gaiman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCHvTjAaEPk

Neil Gaiman spoke about his book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, at GW's Lisner Auditorium on Friday, June 21, 2013. In this video, Gaiman introduces the audience to his first novel in six years, to much excitement and applause.

GROWING UP WITH GRAPHICS Graphic Novel Panel

http://www.politics-prose.com/video/growing-graphics-graphic-novel-panel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfsOo3x1ps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXEp0cKzOlM

The Growing Up With Graphics Graphic Novel panel took place at Politics & Prose on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

Prominent and award-winning graphic artists, authors, and editors Eleanor Davis, Nathan Hale, Andrés Vera Martínez, and Mark Siegel, will be here to discuss the significance of the genre for readers of all ages. Moderated by Michael Cavna, author of "Comic Riffs," a blog of The Washington Post.

April 28: Joe Sacco to speak to Prof Wenthe's class at AU

Professor Michael Wenthe writes in to tell us

Next Wednesday, April 28, at 2:10 P.M. in the atrium of the Battelle-Tompkins building here at American University, Joe Sacco will give a presentation and discussion of his work (notably _Footnotes in Gaza_) as the final event in my section of LIT 215: Writers in Print / in Person. Strictly speaking, this event will constitute the last class session for the course, so pride of place for the attendees will be my eighteen students (who discussed Sacco's work this past week), but we're holding it as an open, public event in in conjunction with the Middle East Studies Program here at AU and it will be generally advertised on campus.

Personally I've never heard Sacco speak, but I like his work. I'm sorry to miss this, but work is precluding my attendance.

Signed Sacco books at Politics and Prose

Politics and Prose bookstore is reporting that they have signed copies of Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco for sale. We didn't fall down on the job and let you miss Sacco; the books were shipped in from NYC.

Joe Sacco reviewed in Washington Examiner

Joe Sacco's new book is reviewed in Washington Examiner, December 6, 2009, p. 26, but it doesn't appear to be online. Pull quotes:

"Having already established his reputations 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."

"Sacco's art is alternately epic and intimate, but he exceeds himself in the scope of his ambition (particularly in one sequence that shows in vivid terms how desert refugee camps from 1948 turned into the teeming slums of today). But it's his exacting and harrowing interviews that make this book an invaluable and wrenching piece of journalism."

The review is unsigned.