Journal d’un défaitiste #[nn]

Joe Sacco's Journal d'un défaitiste, published by Rackham in 2004, collects early work from one of comics journalism's most distinctive voices. The cover says it all: a sweating, grimacing figure rendered in Sacco's characteristically exaggerated linework — round glasses, exposed teeth, every pore of anxiety laid bare against a muted, textured background. It's a wonderfully self-deprecating image that perfectly sets the tone for the raw, confessional energy Sacco brings to the page.