A Comic Artist Has To Earn His Sources’ Trust Just Like Any Other Journalist

Joe Sacco is famous in certain circles for his comics journalism books that recount complex tales in places readers might not know well. And accuracy – even in a cartoon-like book – is key. His new book might be his most detailed. “It’s about indigenous people who say that the land owns them and they are part of the land. So in a way, drawing them as accurately as possible, drawing their clothing, drawing their tents, their dogsleds correctly, and drawing the land itself in detail was kind of my way of honoring their own vision.” – Slate