The Story
War cartoonist Joe Sacco visits the Bosnian conflict to uncover the stories that are often ignored or uncovered by traditional media.How does an artist reconcile being forced to go to the front line of a brutal conflict that will change his life and homeland forever? What happens when a reporter finally comes facetoface with an evil war criminal? Before his groundbreaking graphic novels Safe Area Gorazde and The Fixer, Palestinian author Joe Sacco created two short stories with characters from each side of the crossfire. Collected for the first time in Wars End: Profiles from Bosnia 19951996 are the acclaimed Soba and Christmas with Karadzic. In Soba, Sacco captures the internal torment of the romanticized Sarajevo artistwarrior who captivated the Western media with his guitar and hardpartying ways. In Christmas with Karadzic, Sacco gives the reader an inside peek at the darkly humorous news process that doesnt make the headlines back home as he chases after one of the most hated and soughtafter Bosnian Serb leaders and war criminals.
Description
War cartoonist Joe Sacco visits the Bosnian conflict to uncover the stories that are often ignored or uncovered by traditional media.How does an artist reconcile being forced to go to the front line of a brutal conflict that will change his life and homeland forever? What happens when a reporter finally comes facetoface with an evil war criminal? Before his groundbreaking graphic novels Safe Area Gorazde and The Fixer, Palestinian author Joe Sacco created two short stories with characters from each side of the crossfire. Collected for the first time in Wars End: Profiles from Bosnia 19951996 are the acclaimed Soba and Christmas with Karadzic. In Soba, Sacco captures the internal torment of the romanticized Sarajevo artistwarrior who captivated the Western media with his guitar and hardpartying ways. In Christmas with Karadzic, Sacco gives the reader an inside peek at the darkly humorous news process that doesnt make the headlines back home as he chases after one of the most hated and soughtafter Bosnian Serb leaders and war criminals.
