Joe Sacco
Author · 16 books
Joe Sacco was born in 1960 in Kirkop, Malta. He studied journalism at the University of Oregon and worked as a journalist and self-taught comics artist. Sacco described himself as a “drawing journalist” and transformed research from conflict and war zones into graphic reportage. His work received, among other honors, the American Book Award, the Eisner Award, and the Geschwister Scholl Prize. His work *Wir gehören dem Land* also received the Rudolph Dirks Award and the Geschwister Scholl Prize in 2021.