Joe Sacco quotes

And I think I find, I know a lot of people around, in different cities, and so it's not - it might sound strange - but it's not that hard to say good-bye, because I know there's other people where I'm going. I can sort of fit in in a lot of places. (Joe Sacco)
I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.
Joe Sacco
What I try to do with my images is just give the reader a real feel for a place...It's very visceral. You open the page, and you are right there in the moment.
Joe Sacco
I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening.
Joe Sacco
It's a visual world and people respond to visuals.
Joe Sacco
And, in some ways I like traveling, in other ways I'm sort of fed up by the whole notion.
Joe Sacco
Some people have told me that hiding my eyes makes it easier for them to put themselves in my shoes, so I've kind of stuck with it. I'm a nondescript figure; on some level, I'm a cipher. The thing is: I don't want to emote too much when I draw myself. The stories are about other people, not me. I'd rather emphasise[sic] their feelings...
Joe Sacco
History is a combination of a lot of things. You can't isolate events today and say, "Oh, well, this happened-those awful people.” The acts might be brutal, but there must be a context to it. I certainly didn't want to drop the reader into those incidents without telling the story of, well: Why are there refugees? Why were the Israelis and the Palestinians battling along the border? Who were the fedayeen? What was the Israeli response to that? But more than that, I think, for me, the book ends up being-this is going to sound strange-a dead end. Because I don't know where to go from here, except to delve into human psychology. I think I understand how history works. I understand why one people are battling another people. I understand that they both want land. But ultimately there's a level that I haven't really got to yet...
Joe Sacco