Joe Sacco is the author of Footnotes in Gaza, for which he received an Eisner Award and the Ridenhour Book Prize, as well as Palestine, Journalism, Safe Area Gorazde (also an Eisner winner), and other books. His works have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, The New York Times Magazine, Time, and Harpers. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
"A tour de force . . . luminous . . . Joe Sacco's large-scale
panels teem with detail, visual and verbal . . . What begins as an
exploration of the effects of fracking on Native lands sprawls into
a haunted history of an entire civilization." --Ed Park, The New
York Times Book Review "Nuanced, highly sensitive journalism . . .
Sacco's measured artwork lets the Dene people speak for themselves,
working in tandem with the historical and sociopolitical context
that he deftly interweaves." --The Times Literary Supplement
"Anyone trying to wrap their heads around Thanksgiving myths about
Pilgrims and Indians while also acknowledging their role in the
occupation of lands stolen from indigenous people and the continued
demand for fossil fuels and other resources that has brought us to
a state of climate emergency needs to read this incredible work of
comics journalism by a masterful researcher, storyteller, and
artist." --Thi Bui, Marin Independent Journal "It has been more
than ten years since Joe Sacco, one of our greatest living graphic
journalists, has produced a full-length work, and the wait has been
worth it. . . . an immersive exploration that casts its net across
a broad panoply of topics while still hewing to the granular
details that make Sacco's work so rewarding."--Minneapolis Star
Tribune
"Magisterial . . . Paying the Land details a painful and tragic
history, but in it Sacco finds images of hope for the Dene people
and, by their example, for a world facing environmental collapse."
--The Brooklyn Rail "Such a powerful book." --Book Riot "To say
that Joe Sacco is the greatest practitioner of comics journalism
working today is an understatement. . . . Paying the Land may well
represent the greatest work he has ever done." --Comics Journal
"What are the Dene willing to sacrifice to sustain themselves?
Deeply observed and masterfully drawn, Paying the Land brings light
to dark corners of the world and to the human condition." --Orion
Magazine "Impassioned . . . Joe Sacco winds the most complex story
of his career into a finely tuned narrative loop . . . An immediacy
runs through the work." --The Literary Review of Canada "Tender . .
. moving . . . fabulously drawn . . . The book recreated the
immensity of the Northwest Territories in an astounding array of
tightly knit crosshatched lines." --Galleries West "[Sacco's]
finest, most layered work to date." --World Literature Today "Sacco
goes where important conflicts rage . . . We are lucky he ventures
into these spaces, because the insights he shares offer important
lessons in understanding and compassion . . . Nuance and plurality
dominate this narrative, and that's important because it's so often
omitted from settler journalist coverage of Indigenous topics."
--PopMatters "The richly detailed, meticulously rendered
black-and-white illustrations truly shine. . . . Sacco wisely
allows the Dene to carry the narrative, and his distinctive style
brings their voices vividly off the page." --Eric Liebetrau, Kirkus
Reviews "A stunning, important piece of work." --Daily Cartoonist
"Extraordinary . . . masterful . . . a startling depiction of an
Indigenous people struggling to remain true to their traditions.
Yet another triumph for Sacco." --Kirkus (starred review) "An
arresting exploration of a community on the brink. . . . meticulous
. . . Sacco again proves himself a master of comics journalism."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Impressively detailed
reporting . . . This is a vitally important story about an
underrepresented people." --Library Journal (starred review) "Sacco
is a talent entirely unto himself, applying an exquisitely fine eye
for detail to the urgent histories that define the world around us.
. . . Now, Sacco brings that eye to the lives of the Dene people in
the Canadian subarctic, getting the full picture as only he can."
--Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub
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