War Junkie

Joe Sacco’s War Junkie is a single-issue comic from Fantagraphics (1995) that distills his signature journalistic approach into a visceral, first-person account of war-zone addiction. Written and drawn entirely by Sacco, this standalone work explores the adrenaline and moral fatigue of a reporter embedded in the chaos of conflict, offering a raw, unflinching look at the psychological toll of covering violence. It matters as a concentrated example of Sacco’s pioneering blend of comics and investigative journalism, a stark precursor to his longer works on war and trauma.