Comments on: Exclusive excerpt from Joe Sacco’s groundbreaking new book: Footnotes in Gaza

By: Inside the Jewish halfway house of awareness, with ‘Breaking the Silence’

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:56:08 +0000

[...] myself didn’t want to consider it for most of our lives, but that was the reality. Look at Joe Sacco’s amazing book, about the humiliation of Palestinian men and women in Gaza 50 years ago in ethnic cleansing [...]

By: Joe Sacco: Footnotes in Gaza + Footnotes to a forgotten war by Laura Durkay « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:14:48 +0000

[...] viewer behind lines of Israeli troops, so their backs are toward us. (One example can be seen in a preview of the book on the Mondoweiss blog.) Palestinians, on the other hand, face our gaze head-on. We see their faces, their fear and their [...]

By: Gaza Digest | PINKtank

Gaza Digest | PINKtank — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:52:01 +0000

[...] ** I just finished reading Joe Sacco’s powerful FOOTNOTES IN GAZA, which details two Israeli massacres that happened in Gaza in 1956 and also covers the years of The Second Intifada, during which Sacco did the research for this book. I cannot recommend this title highly enough. I am a fan of the genre—called either “graphnic novels” or “comics”—and would have to say this book ranks high in my pantheon, up there with Art Spiegelman’s MAUS and Marjane Satrapi’s PERSEPOLIS. You can see an excerpt from the book on Mondoweiss. [...]

By: Flashpoints has Gaza covered – from 1956 to today

Flashpoints has Gaza covered – from 1956 to today — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:50:58 +0000

[...] in Gaza, which deals with Israeli massacres in Rafah and Khan Younis in 1956 (read an excerpt here). In the interviews Epstein explains why she didn’t get on the bus to go to Gaza, and Sacco [...]

By: James Bradley

James Bradley — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:31:54 +0000

I just finished reading my copy.

It was an excellent read, I almost couldn’t put it down.

Also, the Egyptian occupation is mentioned with all its ups and downs in quite a bit of detail since the book does in fact take place when Gaza is under defacto Egyptian occupation.

By: War in Context - GAZA UPDATE

War in Context - GAZA UPDATE — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:09:21 +0000

[...] Exclusive excerpt from Joe Sacco’s groundbreaking new book: Footnotes in Gaza By Adam Horowitz, Mondoweiss, December 27, 2009 [...]

By: yonira

yonira — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:47:28 +0000

I unfortunately have not had the opportunity. From the excerpt provide there is no mention of the Egyptian occupation of Gaza, how did he address this?

thanks Radio!

By: radiorahim

radiorahim — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:39:15 +0000

I just finished reading it and its really incredible. History, personal experiences, context for understanding what is happening today – Sacco provides it all.

By: potsherd

potsherd — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:49:49 +0000

And a review in the LA TIMES now: link to latimes.com

Very timely, good exposure for this issue.

By: sammy

sammy — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:01:09 +0000

The killings in Khan Younis were relatively straightforward, according to eyewitnesses and a few survivors. The men of the town were told to line up in the main square and were then systematically shot so their bodies lay in a long row. Some who stayed in their homes were killed there.

Thats bloodcurdling.