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Joe Sacco

1960 - Today

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Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is credited as the first artist to practice rigorous, investigative journalism using the comics form, also referred to as comics journalism. His groundbreaking work documenting Palestinian life in the Occupied Territories was awarded the National Book Award in 1996 and was compiled in the graphic narrative Palestine (2001). His other notable monographs include Footnotes in Gaza (2009) which won a Ridenhour Book Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Sacco is the 5,794th most popular writer (down from 5,548th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Malta (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Maltese Writer.

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Among writers, Joe Sacco ranks 5,794 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfred Domett, Antoni Słonimski, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Julia Navarro, Elke Erb, and Leigh Bardugo. After him are Ivy Compton-Burnett, Roger Vercel, Fred Saberhagen, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Beryl Markham, and Gerrit Achterberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Joe Sacco ranks 376. Before him are David James Elliott, Cherie Chung, Shinichi Morishita, Adnan Terzić, Jan Jönsson, and Andrei Kobyakov. After him are Alain Geiger, Steve Clark, Derrick Jensen, Holly Johnson, Steven Rooks, and Da-Wen Sun.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Joe Sacco ranks 37 out of 71. Before him are Anton Buttigieg (1912), Dun Karm Psaila (1871), George Preca (1880), Robert Abela (1977), Karmenu Vella (1950), and Enrico Mizzi (1885). After him are Joseph Muscat (1974), Joe Borg (1952), Albert Hyzler (1916), Alfred Sant (1948), Joseph Calleia (1897), and Oliver Friggieri (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Malta

Among writers born in Malta, Joe Sacco ranks 4. Before him are Frans Sammut (1945), Anton Buttigieg (1912), and Dun Karm Psaila (1871). After him are Oliver Friggieri (1947), Peter Hitchens (1951), and Mabel Strickland (1899).

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