Kobane Calling

Set during the Syrian civil war, Kobane Calling collects Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare's firsthand reportage from the Kurdish region of Rojava. Published by Cambourakis in 2016, this single-issue comic offers a ground-level, personal view of the fight for Kobane, blending the creator's signature humor and self-deprecation with a serious, humanistic look at the conflict. It stands as a vital work of graphic journalism, bringing a complex geopolitical struggle to a wide audience through the immediacy of the comics medium.