The Office of Public Lectures presents: Comics As Journalism with Joe Sacco

Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2027

6:30 p.m.

Suggested ticket price $10
Town Hall Seattle + Livestreaming
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Journalism meets art in one of the most distinctive careers in modern storytelling. Joe Sacco — the cartoonist who redefined what a war correspondent could look like — brings his full body of work to life in a sweeping visual presentation. From Palestine to Gaza, Bosnia to India, his drawings have borne witness to some of the world’s most urgent human stories.ÌýCome seeÌýhow a pen and ink can tell the truth as powerfully as any photograph.

Registration opens December 9, 2026.

Biography:
Joe Sacco is the author of Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995, Christmas with Karadzic; Soba; The Fixer; NotesÌýFromÌýa Defeatist; Footnotes in Gaza (the first graphic novel to win TheÌýRiddenhourÌýPrize), Journalism, The Great War, an accordion-fold book depicting the ill-fated Somme offensive andÌýPayingÌýthe Land. He also co-authored the best-selling Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt with Chris Hedges. His collection of political cartoons, The War on Gaza, was published by Fantagraphics in December 2024 and his most recent book, The Once and Future Riot, was published by Metropolitan in October 2025. He is co-writing a book with Chris Hedges, Requiem for Gaza, forthcoming from Fantagraphics in 2026.

Department Sponsors:ÌýThe Graduate School, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures,ÌýCenter of Journalism, Media and Democracy, Department of Communication,ÌýDepartment of Cinema and Media StudiesÌý

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