In this session we looked at comics, collections and how different physical publications involving illustration have been produced and used. I was particularly interested in a graphic novel which was brought up in the session called Palestine, and the illustrator who produced it; Joe Sacco.

For me what’s so fascinating is that through art and illustration there’s a power to tell stories that you may have difficulty capturing through camera because their in tough to reach places or environments. Hostile war zones, for example in Joe Sacco’s work. Creating something like a comic or graphic novel about this situation makes it accessible and palatable for people who are otherwise unlikely to have the topic being addressed in their eye line.