Footnotes in Gaza

This has more than 400 pages, yet I felt sad that the book ended. This book explores Palestine issue and especially what happened in 1956 in the gaza strip. Just like his other books (Palestine, Journalism, etc.), we continue to be shocked by inhumane nature of the powerful.I wish more people do comics journalism. I consider it as more potent than written and TV journalism.

A must read

I had read Joe Sacco's Palestine prior to this and loved it............Graphic novel as a medium of Journalism, this is great............Footnotes in Gaza is no different.....Great book depicting the author's experience in the Gaza strip and the condition of people there

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Graphic journalism at it's best. Joe Sacco's masterpiece after Palestine. Words are not enough to express my delight for this artwork.

The media could not be loaded.  This review is not for the contents of the book. The original edition by Johanthan Cape publishers has been reprinted and bound in India by Replika press Pvt. Ltd. , and they did a poor job of cutting the margins of the panels. It destroys the aesthetics of this valuable political graphic novel.

I do not have stomach for violence and yet this book while graphically depicting the systematic atrocities pushed me to turn the pages as the author and illustrator never left the goal of telling real stories of real people. Facts that were distorted, covered, dismissed in the manner that suited those who write history...

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

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.

First time I read a Joe Sacco's work and his style definitely caught me. Drawings are amazingly detailed and the story is smoothly and interestingly readable. Recommend it.

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.

The world needs more investigative journalists like Joe Sacco.