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The Cultural Frontline: Joe Sacco: The political power of the graphic novel

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Joe Sacco

09/05/2020 GMT

Joe Sacco: The political power of the graphic novel

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Joe Sacco: The political power of the graphic novel

Graphic novelist Joe Sacco talks about his latest work, Paying the Land.

He’s been hailed as one of the world's greatest cartoonists and the creator of war reportage comics. The artist Joe Sacco talks to Tina about the political power of the graphic novel and why he’s telling the story of the indigenous communities of the Canadian North West in his latest book, Paying the Land. 

The Indian comic book and graphic novel writer Ram V explores the clash of cultures and what happens to a country when it is colonised, though the mythology of vampirism, in his series These Savage Shores.

Swedish comic book artist and activist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom shares the story of her adoption from South Korea in the graphic memoir Palimpsest. She speaks to the BBC’s Karl Bos about her childhood experiences of racism, her search for jer birth parents and why the ethics of adoption can be far more complicated than people think.

Plus how’s the sounds of your world changed during lockdown? The sound artist Nick Ryan shares the sounds we’ve received from our listeners during the coronavirus lockdown.

Presented by Tina Daheley

Image: Joe Sacco
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