Joe Sacco

As life seems to slow to a snail’s pace during summer’s languorous days, it’s the perfect time to indulge in reading. Thrillers and spooky tales provide a particular chill on a torpid evening. Light and breezy reads are the perfect...

In the preface to his new book "Journalism," Joe Sacco pinpoints the challenges of the comics artist who seeks to be a reporter: "Aren't drawings by their very nature subjective?" he asks, before answering with a simple "yes." And yet, this has been...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball--Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins, Noon (FXSP) NHL Hockey--Playoffs, San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues, 6:30 p.m. (CNBC); Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Chicago Blackhawks at...

Notes, quotes and statistics from the Kings' 4-3 victory over Colorado on Saturday. Thanks, as always, to Kings PR whiz Jeremy Zager, whose Grandma Schwartz has yet to come to a game this season. C'mon, grandma! Coach Terry Murray On......

Marcus Brogdan, in London and writing for the Associated Press, delves into the comics and controversy of the great Joe Sacco, who has a gift for cartooning-as-journalism but a subject matter and subjectivity that add up to a talent for......

REVIEW Los Angeles Times book editor David L. Ulin has reviewed the new book from Joe Sacco and found that it doesn't answer the big questions about the Middle East and that may be its biggest strength. "Footnotes in Gaza"......

This is the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes but this year's ceremony was the first to award a prize in the graphic novel category. On Friday night, at the sparkling ceremony in downtown Los Angeles, I......

FORGOTTEN COMIC BOOK ARTISTS, PART 2: MICHAEL McMILLAN The American comic book has produced a massive mountain of brightly hued pop culture since the 1930s, and the peak moments of the medium have been appropriately celebrated -- but what about......

FIVE QUESTIONS: TIM HENSLEY Tim Hensley pokes fun at wealth and celebrityhood in his first graphic novel "Wally Gropius," recently released by Fantagraphics. The title character is a super-rich teen (he is described as "the human Dow Jones, the heir......

FIVE QUESTIONS: DAN NADEL The curious corners of comics history are a specialty of Dan Nadel, the author and art director of "Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980," which is a follow-up to his 2006 book "Art Out......

Graphic novels and animation continue to push into bold new areas of expression and storytelling, and increasingly with the spirit of political commentary or exposé. More and more we see firebrand works that speak to the vivid heritage of documentary.......

I don't have an iPad yet, but I'm intrigued to see how digital comics look on it. The images of comics look great when lighted from behind (which is one of the reason I love running big, classic art on......