Journal d’un défaitiste

Joe Sacco’s Journal d’un défaitiste is a single-issue comic published by Rackham in 2004, collecting the artist’s early, personal reportage. Known for his dense, detailed black-and-white linework, Sacco turns his unflinching eye on his own life and the grim absurdities of the modern world, blending autobiography with political commentary. This slim volume matters as an intimate, early document from one of comics’ most celebrated journalists, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse into the themes that would define his career.